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Decent company for starting and building your knowledge

Database Administrator
Current Employee
Has worked at Oracle for less than 1 year
August 24, 2009
Redwood City, California
2.0
Doesn't RecommendDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

The work-from-home option is the best I can think of, as it allows you to spend time with your family, the flex time, the technology you get to work with, and the ability to move between groups. That's about it.

Cons

Pay raises are non-existent. That's pretty discouraging when the CEO gets $500 million in cashed stock options. And forget about bonuses. Only certain employee levels are entitled to bonuses, and those are "discretionary". They also have this rule that you have to be in a position for a certain amount of time prior to being considered for a promotion. Like longevity means anything?

Promote people based on performance. HR also says they consistently perform market analysis of salaries to ensure they are competitive. That's a laugh. They are competitive in a good economy; otherwise, forget it.

Advice to Management

What goes around comes around.

I am not sure if you learned anything about people or employees all these years about being in business. Working for a company is supposed to provide you with some form of material benefits, a certain panache that you are proud to work for Oracle.

And please don't respond with "Then leave and go work for someone else." Is that the standard corporate policy?

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