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Experience depends on the team

Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Oracle for 20 years
September 6, 2014
Denver, Colorado
2.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

Benefits include large software development company experience, which will be beneficial to other companies.

Other benefits: training resources, telework.

Get the training and experience, then leave. Your experience will be good.

Do not expect to retire in this company.

Cons

No raises, promotions, or bonuses in years.

Not much opportunity for advancement up.

The company has been through so many acquisitions that there is no unified company culture.

Experience depends on which team you are in.

They will move you around (with no say in the matter) so you are always the "new guy" to justify no bonuses, promotions, and pay raises.

Development work moved to India.

Any developers that leave are replaced by ones in India.

Managers will make every effort to try to push you out the door so they can hire more developers with their budget in India.

They will work you to death: late hours, weekends.

Advice to Management

Developers in India may be paid less compared to the States, but once they get the training and experience, they move on to other companies, so there is high turnover.

There's no company loyalty.

Former employees in the States do not have good things to say about the company it has become.

It is hard to justify no salary raises, promotions, or bonuses when the company spends so much funding yacht races.

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