Toxic culture with layoffs after parental leave - werkgeversreview SMTS - Senior Member of Technical Staff bij Oracle

1,0
2 jun 2026
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Good benefits, but if you leverage options like newborn bonding leave, they will definitely let you go once your legal protection ends. I have seen numerous people laid off after taking parental leave. Furthermore, if a single thing goes wrong during your on-call shift through no fault of your own—such as a downstream issue—VPs will note your name for the next round of layoffs.

Minpunten

Most people are let go right before their vesting dates; management frequently employs these underhanded tactics. The teams and leadership are highly inefficient, constantly pushing a legacy tech stack while trapped in a continuous cycle of hiring and firing. They overhire for small projects, hyping them up as massive initiatives that ultimately fall flat just to generate buzz. Additionally, their cloud division is the worst in the industry and simply cannot compete with any other players in the cloud space

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5,0
13 apr 2026
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awful compay forced into qa as a new grad do not work here

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awful place to work as a new grad these people do not care about your career growth

4,0
21 okt 2014
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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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