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Oracle is good for stability and flexibility, but poor for compensation

Principal Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Oracle for less than 1 year
October 10, 2008
Redwood City, California
3.0
No CEO Opinion
Pros

Stability of Company - it's doing pretty well when others are being bought up.

Flexible work hours, at least for some teams; it depends on your manager.

Knowledgeable people to work with, a lot of smart people here.

Training opportunities are good to increase your skills with classes and some money for education.

Cons

Pay and bonuses are low, and you usually don't get regular salary increases. If you do, it isn't much.

It can be hard to move very far up and take on more challenges since it's such a huge company, so you have a lot of competition up the ranks.

The executives are paid way more than their peers at other companies, while the workers are underpaid. This can make you feel very unappreciated.

Advice to Management

Pay your best performers better.

Don't mislead about bonuses coming when they aren't coming.

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