Is Oracle a good company to work for as a Software Development Manager?

Software Development Manager professionals working at Oracle have rated their employer with 4.0 out of 5 stars in 113 Glassdoor reviews. This is a higher than average score with the overall rating of Oracle employees being 3.5 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Development Manager Jobs at Oracle now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Development Manager interview questions at Oracle .

Does Oracle pay Software Development Manager employees well?

Software Development Manager professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Oracle with 2.8 out of 5 stars based on 113 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 13.3% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Development Manager salaries and benefits at Oracle .

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What are the pros of working at Oracle according to real employee reviews?

"Good work life balance given so that you become lazy and settle down for less and compromise" ((in 8397 reviews)); "The benefits are good; it is nice to have access to the Oracle University classes." ((in 3537 reviews)); "Enjoyed working with the marketing team and the people there are great and easy to get along with." ((in 2423 reviews)); "work culture is good and your work is seen by all the people in the hierarchy" ((in 1861 reviews)); "work from home and flexible timings" ((in 1565 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Oracle according to real employee reviews?

"I was hired on a low salary and made my way up to being a very useful asset." ((in 2374 reviews)); "No promotions and no bonuses (for promotions you need to go out of the company and come back)" ((in 1140 reviews)); "Managers seem to be caught up in politics and corruption quite frequently and are frequently bad at managing and very good at micromanagement." ((in 1054 reviews)); "Advancement and avoiding frequent layoffs depends solely on politics and relationships with those above you." ((in 656 reviews)); "poor leadership; managed by a spreadsheet and billable utilization with no other considerations; just a number" ((in 446 reviews))

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Oracle Software Development Manager reviews

4.0

95% would recommend to a friend

(113 total reviews)

Clay Magouyrk and Mike Sicilia

Not enough data to show CEO approval

42% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.6

Culture & values

3.4

Career opportunities

3.2

Work/Life balance

2.8

Compensation and benefits

2.1

Senior management

Manager, Software Development employees have rated Oracle with 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 113 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Manager, Software Development professionals have a good working experience there. Oracle is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Manager, Software Development professionals compared to other employers within the Informatique industry (3.9 stars).

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113 reviews

3.0

Oct 17, 2008

Good work life balance, but....

Software development manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good work life balance. If you are good at what you do it is fairly easy to stand out. Resonably good variable compensation package (options and bonus). It is a company set up to succeed in the enterprise space (given its size).

Cons

Career growth options are limited especially if you are in a group with by an underperforming leader. Work can get boring quickly and you don't really have an option to use tools that are best of breed (you must use oracle tools whether or not they are the best).

2.0

Sep 26, 2008

Good place to retire

Software development manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

It's a port in the storm. While chaos reigns in Silicon Valley, Oracle has seen steady growth, and is a very stable company. Also, barring layoffs, it's very hard to get fired.

Cons

It's a very top-down command-and-control structure. Lower level employees don't get any authority. Pretty much everything has to be cleared at the top. This causes unnecessary delays, and results in lost opportunities in pretty much everything.

4.0

Sep 18, 2008

Demonstrate, adapt, make right friends and be happy.

Software development manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Software powerhouse, opportunity to work with various technologies - Stability, global diversification - Focus towards product and customers - Great sales team - Good employee benefits - Work-life balance (good company to raise family with) - Management is usually supportive of lateral transitions within the groups (e.g. from Manager to individual contributor and vice-versa) - Good gym - Has potential for growth

Cons

- One should always join the current firefight - Oracle has plenty - if one needs management attention. Sound workers should have made the choice to stay on without being noticed or appreciated. - Technology focused, management sees no value of professional degrees, like MBAs, MS etc., once you start working at Oracle. Though most manager will support the partial time-off required to do part-time studies. - Oracle does not tap into excellent social networks its employees are exposed to. (this choice is partly due to stricter security standards) - There are plenty of re-orgs and it can get pretty turbulent in some groups due to various acquisitions in past and possibly in future. So, if one is joining now, stay adaptive and embrace the change. You may see multiple managers in coming years.

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