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Q&A With Oracle Employees
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How employees describe working at Oracle
It was very well defined and transparent process
Good work and life balance
awfully bad, worst culture i've experienced
know how to sell to clients
Very great spot to start your career
What it's like to work at Oracle
- Oracle employees generally work 9.0 hrs a day
- Employees at Oracle report the work pace is comfortably fast
- On a typical day, employees at Oracle have 2 meetings
- 79% of Oracle employees look forward to interacting with their team every day
- Oracle employees most often take unlimited paid vacation and sick days each year
- 69% of Oracle employees report they are happy with their work life balance
- Oracle employees never get valuable feedback on how to improve at work
- 64% of Oracle employees call their work environment positive
Q&A With Oracle Employees
IDX: 25 TOT: 136
How challenged are you at Oracle?
No
Seldom challenged. I do what I do, and I do it well. No chances to get involved in more strategic endeavors.
Not very. No real room to move up.
How does Oracle make decisions around promotions?
Who knows...... it’s black hole
If your boss likes you, he may promote you if his leadership allows anyone to get promoted at all. Your odds of getting promoted at Oracle within 5 years are about the same as your odds of hiring a team of chimpanzee typists and somehow winding up with the complete works of Shakespeare.
Political. They set up peole they like to win. It is anout who is friends with who.
What do people at Oracle think about the CEO? What do they do well and what can they improve?
I guess being an overpaid CEO qualifies you for being appointed by the President to run a federal agency. By even entertaining this idea, the CEO reveals her political leanings and isn't the standard-bearer for neutrality, ethics and professionalism. How can she possibly entertain working for such a baffoon?
we like them, but everybody reserves opinions
Both CEO’s are poor. Very few employees admire our CEO’s. No vision or inspiration that most employees buy into. They are just administrators managing resources and shuffling things around to meet the Wall Street numbers. They are VASTLY overpaid for what they do. Have been in numerous customer meetings with both CEO’s and I would say most customers come away from those meetings very underwhelmed. Larry is great with customers but he VERY rarely meets with them one on one anymore.
What unique perks and benefits does Oracle provide?
Online deals that I've seen elsewhere, not always the best deals either.
Good health insurance
Vision benefits are awesome. Everything else is meh. To call the Stock Purchase Program a joke would be an insult to humor.
How much diversity is there among employees at Oracle?
Oracle has sent much of its business to India, Romania etc so they do not have to pay US WORKERS.
Not much color but gender balance is good
It's fine.
How's the feedback proccess at Oracle?
Non existent
Nonexistent except to criticize. Still you complete perfunctory appraisals that mean nothing and do NOT influence your pay.
At review time it's fine. Otherwise it's nonexistent.
What's the office vibe like at Oracle?
Know this will be a short-term gig and you will be eaten alive by leaders who are machiavellian.
Oracle has changed a lot in the past year. The design office HQ has be updated with modern sensibilities. Collaboration spaces, white boards, and espresso makers abound, like almost any and every SF design space these days.
Fine.
What interview questions does Oracle ask?
Walk me through your day.
Typical. Describe your background, successes, challenges faced, etc. Strong focus on portfolio quality and cultural fit.
The usual
How budget-conscious is the company?
Way to budget conscious
Very.
Average. Every now and then clamp down on Travel and hiring.
any politics that go on in the office?
An unbelievable amount
Some but the top leadership team at Oracle is in a bubble and don’t solicit much input from employees or customers as they think they are smarter than everyone else and know it all already
Of course.
What are some of the best things about your team at Oracle?
Interesting mix of work; manager skips much of the bureaucracy that's common in Oracle.
My new manager feels he knows everything and doesn't listen to way to improve things.
Professional and extremely talented
What's the work from home policy like at Oracle?
Mandatory in many places
Right now most everyone is working from home. Before the pandemic our team worked in the office 4 days a week and from home 1 day a week. This was great.
Very flexible work from home policy, but depending on job role and department.
Does Oracle have any remote positions?
Yes
Yes, especially in sales.
Tons.
What do you like best about the leadership team at Oracle?
Strong sense of direction, right or wrong we're going somewhere
Leadership doesn't have enough idea on the career progressions of employees nor do they know what is coming in future.
Take charge and can-do spirit. This has made bullies of some but they don't prevail.
What is the best part about your compensation package at Oracle?
Fairly consistent bonus payouts, 401k matching, unlimited vacation for certain levels, remote work, health benefits.
Despite not seeing a pay increase in 3+years, I feel I am paid well and am in a relatively good company.
benefits are very strong
How innovative is Oracle?
Not innovative in sales culture
Way more innovative that people from the outside believe!
Define innovation first. Are they making the innovations that will change the average consumer day to day life in the next year, no it is not the business the are after. Are they innovating to deliver backend services to improve business processes and efficiencies, then yeah the are innovating.
Who did you meet with during your interview? And how long did it take to hear back from Oracle?
Managers only — they are slow to move
I was a rehire, so it was all done on the phone with people I worked with previously. Initial "unofficial" offer came within days. The official offer took months. This is standard and normal.
Met with current boss on a Friday. Was given an offer the following Monday.
What should I wear for an interview at Oracle?
business casual
Depends on the org. Just don't be a slob.
Business suit
What's the pay like for Engineering roles at Oracle?
Seems to be okay but they won't give you what you deserve unless you fight for it when you are hired. Raises and promotions are very rare. In order to get a good raise you have to change organizations, or leave the company for two years and come back.
The top 10% make a lot more than the industry average, everyone else doesn't do so well. We don't reward seniority nor do we look to keep the average on board.
Competitive.
What is most positive about the culture and environment at Oracle?
how people support each other - networking is fantastic.
Great sales culture. Plenty of resources. Quality positive people
The sense that that we are building real products.
What needs to change to make the company culture better at Oracle?
Company env is laid back and there isn't much pressure.
Salaries, project resourcing
Must improve Customer focus
What's going wrong and how can it be improved at Oracle?
Organizational leadership lacks vision, innovation and drive to ignite employee drive. They spend too much time focused on operational issue
Lack of transparency, lack of courage among managers to do a face to face conversation, favouritism.
OnPrem demos should be shared across field and SMB - not just field. Comp plan took a nose dive to the degree of a $50k loss for some.
How much pressure is put on closing deals quickly?
LOTS
Huge. They make you forecast fake deals. Then they want you to close them.
Incredible — you are at the bottom with lots of fluff above
How hard is it to get promoted at Oracle?
It is pretty difficult to get promoted at Oracle. I believe this is due to how scattered teams are. Parts of my team are scattered in 4 different timezones. I do not expect to get promoted during my time at Oracle.
difficult
Very hard. It is very arbitrary and with no structure. At Oracle, Marketing is to Sales as HCM is to Humanity. And Oracle HCM, is how many losers we need for every 1000 people? That is the metric. Even when they change "titles", the underlying grade is the same as HCM is too lazy to do any real work. Agile with HCM...Right.
What is the daily attire at Oracle?
casual
Casual or smart casual.
For me it is Work From Home most days, so whatever...
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Should I work at Oracle?
28% of Oracle employees would encourage their friends to become coworkers, whereas 27% are neutral and 45% would not recommend working at Oracle to their friends.
| 28% | Promoters |
|---|---|
| 27% | Passive |
| 45% | Detractors |
