Oracle

Some teams have good WLB.

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People in HQ have a nice gym.

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• It looks like Oracle bet everything on Cloud. Only OCI people are appreciated. If you are going to a non-OCI department, especially if it is a legacy product, I would really doubt accepting an offer. Other departments are non-appreciated.

• If you are not OCI, you will struggle to get a salary increase. Getting a raise in Oracle is always a painful quest, ask employees. Having no hikes for years is absolutely normal here. When you once receive 3%-6% after 3-5 years, it will be shown as a great privilege. After 5 years, your salary becomes about twice below the market. Oracle does not care if you are non-OCI.

• Oracle is notorious for bad management. It is random; you never know who it will be. I had good and bad experiences. I worked for 2 departments: at the 1st one, I had a nice environment; at the 2nd one, I was shocked to see how such people could take management positions in Oracle. How did it happen? Cronyism? One moment, I was about to make complaints to HR but realized that would not help; it would even make things worse. Although, if you are in OCI, most likely it will be fine because Oracle cares about OCI.

• You could work with legacy technologies, an outdated stack. Ask more thoroughly on the interview about the project. On the interview, it was shown as an interesting project; the reality turned out differently.

• Many people mention good WLB in Oracle; it depends on the team for sure. I was not lucky to have appeared in a good one.

That is Oracle. They do not care about advice.