Good place to work - Senior Software Engineer Oracle Employee Review

4.0
31 Oct 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

I guess it depends on the team, but in general I feel that the people are happy working here and exist a great environment to work. The company really cares about the people, they are inclusive (in all senses). The sharing knowledge is constant, the events are usual and amazing. The most common slogan here is “to share is to care”, and I really think they do it. The company is growing a lot and it’s a good moment to join. Every X months you receive an email sharing that some has been promoted. Something important to remark is that the hierarchy exist but is not remarked every day (this is important because the managers and PO, at least for me, are nice, comprehensive and close people). Also remark that there is no culture to work from 9 to 9 (no extra hours) and they respect work rhythms coherently. At least in my team. Regarding the salaries I think they are in the market salaries (at least in my case). Finally, PRO (but CON as well), the complexity is huge. The “product” is huge and the things you can do seems to be infinite. So, it’s normal to spend some months to start feeling minimum comfortable with the terminology, functionality, etc. For instance, the onboarding trainings spends 2/3 weeks, and it’s needed. It’s huge.

Cons

Even the company is trying hard to move on in technology, and IMHO the are in the good path, it’s still a huge monolith that is far from some latest technologies. That could be an opportunity because they are investing a lot on it, but in general don’t expect to find the latest technologies when you arrive. Have to say that exists other examples for good technology, JAVA for example, they are in JAVA 11, so good for Netsuite. Like any other huge company, it moves slow and they release only twice a year. Even Oracle promotes working from home, Netsuite Barcelona is not in that point. They tell you than you can do it once a week, but they prefer (and encourage you) to not do it. I don’t really understand it because, at least in my team, we are perfectly prepared to work remotely. Finally, they don’t offer free Fridays afternoons (“jornada intensiva” in Spanish), neither in summer. You have the same working hours all the year (9am to 6pm). To be honest, I think that this point is a problem to recruit IT people.

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5.0
4 Jun 2026
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Pros

Plenty of opportunity to earn well over $100,000.00 with Standby pay and OT. Plus, mileage reimbursement of $.70 a mile.

Cons

Sometimes tedious work below what I would consider for an experienced FE such as hard drive destruction bin audits and checking in equipment.

4.0
21 Oct 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

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).

Cons

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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