Pros: Good work-life balance.

Cons: Nothing, no issue, consider hikes every year.

Pros: Less work and nothing else.

Cons: Reasons to reject Oracle Offer: 1. They hire for market prices and never give a hike once an employee is in. Not even a consistent single-digit hike. This happens at IDC (India), where inflation goes on double digits. 2. Technically, they use more in-house tools and utilities. That way, employees gain skills on those and will not have exposure to any external tools. Technically, this company makes you stagnate. 3. For some divisions, they provide laptops for usage and encourage work from home (one day in a week). Looks good! Recently, many of my colleagues had issues with the IT division regarding laptop issues and maintenance. They issue old laptops and enforce usage beyond the warranty period. Any issue when the laptop is out of warranty, the "IT division" harasses employees, mentioning it as physical damage. Finally, with some management approvals, they fix the issue. The bad part is that you still get to work on the fixed defective laptop, which is out of warranty. One senior manager from the "IT division" mentioned that laptops have to run for three extra years after warranty (total 5-6 years). I didn't understand this point. Even manufacturers don't provide warranty beyond three years, understanding that products can function well only until 3-4 years. I wonder how they expect employees to work with "out of warranty" laptops and harass them on top of that.

Pros: Work from home. If you want to be an expert in politics and bootlicking, nothing precisely.

Cons: Favoritism. Each manager has his/her own favorite cronies. Hostile and toxic environment with some managers being ruthless. Most people who worked as contractors with Palerra, from the service industry, are made permanent and have spoiled the place. Recruitment is a joke here. A huge number of selective loyal people, mostly contractors, are brought in via a "got-up" and fake process so they remain quiet and loyal. No appraisal process. Cronies selectively get hikes/stocks from time to time for being loyal. For others, fake promises are made, and they are made to work until they leave. High attrition. If people are not bootlickers, they are bullied to leave. All tall claims by the senior director here in India have failed flat, and the product is hardly used by any customers. Teams only do maintenance jobs, and this is beautifully camouflaged by the senior director here as “important critical work to the business”. Consequently, there is a constant celebration of mediocrity, with claims of being startups within Enterprise, etc. Passable/run-of-the-mill engineering outcomes are celebrated wildly.