Oracle

Oracle has been a great place to start my career. They have invested in me and given me plenty of opportunities to learn new skills. I studied statistics in college, but was able to transition into a software engineering role with no experience because it was interesting to me and something that I wanted to learn.

I'm able to achieve a good work/life balance (which is important to me) and am surrounded by a lot of very smart people.

Compensation has been a source of frustration for many of us. Oracle will only adjust your salary once a year (at most), even if you transition to another role with more responsibility during that time (e.g., individual contributor to manager).

Last year was my first compensation adjustment after THREE YEARS with the company.

Expect a lot of re-orgs and RIFs, which is obviously bad for company morale.

There has to be a better solution to compensation other than once-a-year Focal. If someone takes on more responsibility or is doing a great job, management should be able to adjust their salary. It seems that the only way to get paid more is to find a job somewhere else, so we lose a lot of talent over compensation.