Overpromise, Underdeliver, and blame the people at the bottom - werkgeversreview Senior Program Manager bij Oracle

1,0
21 okt 2013
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Pluspunten

- Rapaciously aggressive sales force that is pushed to promise anything to anyone for a buck keeps the pipeline full - As an industry standard DB, it keeps everyone's technical abilities up to speed - Good health insurance available (for now)

Minpunten

- no salary increases/bonuses for years - very little commitment by management for operational delivery, issues of responsibility or delivery can be unaddressed forever. Always time for "hair on fire" let's finally get some customer's issues addressed, absolutely no time to figure out why that always happens - lots of responsibility pushed down the management chain with absolutely no way for those at the bottom to affect any change or deliver what the customer expects. Which ends up with a lot of "it is some other team's fault" situations

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5,0
14 jun 2026
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Pluspunten

Good work life balance for an engineer

Minpunten

Lots of changes in organization structure

4,0
21 okt 2014
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Pluspunten

Every group/division can be different in how they treat their employees, but I'd say overall there is very good atmosphere of trust and fairness. There is a strong focus on education, and they reimburse for outside classes taken (Up to 5k/year I think). Benefits are good, and I'd say quite competitive in the market. Good 401K matching (they'll contribute a max of 3% of your 6% or greater). Free drinks in the breakroom. Flexibility to work from home at times. (If you live 50+ miles away from an office you can work full-time from home...policy).

Minpunten

They don't try to make the workplace anything special (maybe a pool table and arcade game are cliche or gimmicky?). In the 10 years I've worked there, they've given 2 measly %1 cost of living raises (this is the same with most everyone I've spoken to, some don't get any raises). You will not get a substantial raise ever, unless you leave then get rehired on (they will not match offers, better to leave). New employees that you train will make 10 - 20K more than you several years after you hire on (not just me, they do this to all tenured employees). They will give these untrained, less experienced people higher titles (again this is done to everyone not just me). You learn pretty quickly that you're dispensable. The company has billions in cash and they don't re-invest in their employees, just in acquiring new companies and hiring new people that know nothing that you get to train.

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