Simple yes and why or no and why not will suffice. Just curious.
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No. I got my US green card after a long waiting time at Oracle. Lucky enough that I am let go after receiving the card.
@aq yes this company is not made for the long term, unless you’re getting proper raises you must leave after 5 years. Staying longer than that without meaningful raises cause you to get poorer.
YES I regret 100%, their inability to give any kind of meaningful raises caused devastation to my retirement plans and I’ll be regretting my decision to stay there for rest of my life. It caused severe mental issues as well.
Should have left around 2014, absolutely stupid decision staying there another 10 years, stupid, stupid, stupid and that’s on me.
No. I have no illusions that the company will be loyal, but Oracle has been good to me over the last 16 years.
OP here. Thanks for the responses. I really apprecaite them. They help me take stock of my time at Oracle. I appreciate your feedback and wish you the very best.
No.
It wasn't perfect but it has been good. No where is perfect.
@OP I'm one of the few who has made it past 28 years!!! I could care less if they lay me off. Would be nice to retire at 55 😀😃🙂🙃😊
Yes and no.
Like others have mentioned, I stayed longer than I probably should have. The flexibility and benefits were nice, and I met some truly great people—along with some not-so-great ones. What always surprised me was who got promoted versus who was overlooked; more often than not, it seemed backwards. The loudest, most aggressive voices weren’t necessarily the most capable ones.
Yes
Oracle gave work life balance. slow and steady in market adoption. No rush.
yes
little opportunity to grow, neither personal or professional, management doesn't seem to know what they are doing, it's just copying others big-tech and hoping it sticks.
after 5 years , it really feels like swimming in a swamp with no direction other than to work-to-death as that is the "only way" to be seen
Yes and no.
First five years were great. Went down hill after that, accelerated along the way!
O seems more like Work to live not the other way around. A lot were able to take care of their families and loved ones because one of many many 'perks' I take advantage of this perks while it lasts
No
lots of things learned, great benefits, ability to squirrel away substantial funds over the years. But while things were up and down, good and bad after the latest series of RIF's the workload distributed to remaining workforce is a bit ridiculous. Morale su-ks, no surprise that many have chosen now to take time off...
No
I have lesson learnt, the only thing is - I stayed there too long (6 years). If I could back the time, I should have left it just after no longer than 2-3 years. After that time working there is like trying to swim in the swamp.
@ah Agreed. I've had worse jobs.
No, but it wasn't the best place in the world.
no
it's unhealthy to regret in general