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Senior Principal Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at Oracle for 2 years
November 27, 2014
Pleasanton, California
2.0
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

Relative stability.

Ability to move around the company and work in multiple locations.

Flexible work-at-home for many areas.

Cons

Little chance of promotion. Few pay raises; it's not uncommon to go 4 or 5 years without a raise, I am told. Aging technology. Mind-numbingly slow processes to get the simplest of things done. Most software development moving to India. Focus is on acquisitions, not product.

Advice to Management

I am not sure what middle management can honestly do to change a culture which is so deeply embedded.

Upper management might leverage the many good engineers they have (many brought on through acquisitions, as I was) and develop new products.

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