Oracle

Working with Coherence, Java, Hudson, and other extremely cool products.

Working on designs and implementations of incredible size and scope.

Co-workers are for the most part extremely competent engineers and fun to work with. Mid and lower-level management is for the most part exceptionally good.

Pay is pathetic. We were acquired several years ago. I'm getting paid 2/3 of the median Oracle salary for my current pay grade. I get "meets expectations" to "exceeds expectations" reviews. I still have zero expectations of receiving any pay increase this year.

They take full advantage of the situation when they buy out smaller companies. They don't budge salaries for anyone except Ellison and Hurd, who they continue to stuff cash into.

We're bleeding talent like crazy, a classic case of "passive brightsizing." One-third of our team has left.

As soon as I find something of interest, I am out of here, even if it's for less money.

The insults to our intelligence, heaped on top of exceptionally low pay, are super demoralizing.

Your offer to give us a $1,000 gift certificate to what is essentially an MLM website, in exchange for us giving you our "million dollar ideas," is just calling us stupid.

Stiffing us on pay raises for 2 years is a slap in the face.

Stuffing another $20M into Ellison, Hurd et al. at the same time you stiffed us is just plain abusive.