Oracle

Good health benefits, that's all.

• No promotions, no salary increase, no training.

• You cannot have your own opinion or discuss anything, as if it does not appeal to your manager, you risk getting fired.

• You are expected to sit there silent, trembling in fear during your probation period; otherwise, they take it as an offense.

Well, it is not advice; I'd just like to tell my story.

I was hired into a Tier 3 team magically as a complete beginner. As they said, they were just looking for someone completely foreign or novice in this area of expertise and wanted to train this person. I believed them, unfortunately.

Later, after it turned out they had absolutely no intention of giving me any training about anything, they admitted to my face that they were not really in need of a new team member. They needed someone to sit in the office during the afternoon hours, as no one wanted to remain in the office or work more than 6 hours.

Actually, I was the team's henchman and secretary and only needed to cover for them, as there were issues lately with the team's availability in the afternoon (how surprising). So, the team manager came up with this excellent idea of resolving this issue and not be busted by the higher-ups (again, excellent people management skills).

Thanks for your reading.