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Great Divide Between Management and Individual Contributor

Principal Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Oracle for less than 1 year
June 24, 2010
Nashua, New Hampshire
2.0
Doesn't RecommendNo CEO Opinion
Pros

Good benefits.

Ability to work from home (however, this is at local management discretion).

Professional culture.

Great colleagues to work and collaborate with (although upper management encourages feature competition).

Cons

Promotions only for political reasons.

Raises few and far between (3 years at last count).

No formal reviews, which means management is free to do as it pleases with employees' fate.

Advice to Management

Support Oracle internal policies. Treat individual contributors fairly. Take some people management courses; being a 'good engineer' doesn't qualify you for people management.

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