Oracle

Competitive salary and benefits, terrific work/life balance.

Management heavy, there aren't enough 'doers.' The management overall are unsupportive and focus only on their goals for upper management.

Zero training and a lot of gatekeeping information in order for coworkers to stay competitive in a layoff-happy company.

No discussion of career growth or process improvements.

Increasingly bulky and cumbersome requirements for developers without purpose or effect.

Generally negative culture, lack of agency or appreciation, annual restructuring, setup for failure in many cases, even sabotage of work to avoid the yearly layoffs.

The dev process is bureaucratic and archaic. My team used waterfall but didn't create clear or predefined requirements since that "isn't agile." This, of course, led to repeated release issues and finger-pointing.

The vibe is overall conservative, which is fine until it becomes intentionally isolating. They definitely prefer people 'like' themselves. Good luck if you are not culturally consistent with the rest of the team.

Internal competition for the sake of competition doesn't help customers or your team.

There are far too many managers. There was no way for me to please five different managers who all had authority over me.

Instead of terminating positions and people, why not find gaps in your process and workforce to restaff? For example, instead of eliminating QA or dev, perhaps move them into a product role, which is seriously lacking.