Oracle reviews

It's a behemoth. There's a desk manual but each global centre tends to do things its own way. Everything is driven by statistics and we all know about lies, lies, and more statistics. Immediate management tend to be drawn from the workers themselves, and as such often don't get the respect that management deserves; they are also stuck between a rock and a hard place - the people they manage were once peers and friends, but now they have to do The Management Thing and that's not easy if it means reprimanding a buddy. And guess what ... the buddies know it. Oracle is also a place where the squeaky wheel gets the oil. Make some noise, get some attention. Don't expect to get recognised for your brilliance alone. Some of the thickest and laziest people that I've ever come across work at Oracle.

Oracle is a very rough environment to work in. The stress level is constantly high. There is not a real sense of being collegial. People are mostly very focused on their self-interests and they need to be in order to stay alive. There tend to be a lot of emergencies where a situation runs up and down the management chain. When this happens, life can be difficult. There is not much of a mentorship culture at Oracle. There are a lot of processes to follow, so it can be very difficult to get things done, even after you have learned the processes inside and out.