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Good place to retire

Software Development Manager
Current Employee
Has worked at Oracle for less than 1 year
September 26, 2008
Belmont, California
2.0
Doesn't RecommendNo CEO Opinion
Pros

It's a port in the storm. While chaos reigns in Silicon Valley, Oracle has seen steady growth and is a very stable company. Also, barring layoffs, it's very hard to get fired.

Cons

It's a very top-down command-and-control structure. Lower-level employees don't get any authority. Pretty much everything has to be cleared at the top. This causes unnecessary delays and results in lost opportunities in pretty much everything.

Advice to Management

Decentralize. Give your VPs budgets and let them make decisions on how to spend them. Streamline processes by cutting out layers of approvals.

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