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A hard place to stay

Vice President, Engineering
Current Employee
Has worked at Oracle for 20 years
September 8, 2014
Redwood City, California
3.0
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEO
Pros

Very talented people on many levels. Good benefits.

Cons

Centralized top-down management with a high degree of politics and in-fighting. Getting a budget is meaningless; almost all decisions are reviewed by every level of management to the CEO. Red tape. Lots of enemies on the outside. Engineers are prevented from trying non-Oracle innovative technology.

Advice to Management

Less micromanagement, less greed at the top (and I am not talking about Larry). Be more generous to engineering talent. Get rid of co-presidents.

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