Working at Oracle in Reston, VA: 19 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Reston, VA Area

"The team had a great culture. However, I was recently laid off and it was not for performance but organizational change."

"I have been working with Oracle Corp. for past 12 years and traveled globally to support and assist customers adopting new technology, guiding them to cloud journey and coordinated with various divisions within Oracle to continuously improve the product."

"Overall great place to work and grow as a part of the team."

"A great company to work for and gain solid experience in both on-prem and cloud technologies. I highly recommend all IT professionals to strongly consider this company to be a part of your career journey at some point, there is a lot to learn, connections to make, and opportunities to avail!"

"I've worked at Oracle for the past year and a half. Working here has given me the tools and the insight about what technologies businesses use to have an effective company. Learning about B2B transactions has been very helpful in my career. I look forward to using this experience in my next role."

"I worked in the Oracle Reston office as part of the Public Sector. Great bosses and work environment, however Oracle only occasionally gives promotions and no one I worked with ever received any pay raises, not even cost of living!"

"Oracle, the behemoth of software companies, the work environment for most is remote if you choose to, otherwise they have facilities globally. Management interaction is sparse as you are expected to be a self starter and a go out and get em type of guy. Direction sometimes is lacking so that may be the one downfall. Compensation is definitely competitive with what other companies are paying, even better than those with clearances."

"Working here has been great... trouble is, extensive travel."

What do you like about working at Oracle?

"Enjoy the work I do with the people that I do it with."

What don't you like about working at Oracle?

"As a consultant I have to travel to customer sites, coast-to-coast every week."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Promoting the right kind of people is important, and good leadership is very important and necessary."

What do you like about working at Oracle?

"Technology and business process leaders. Work with other highly-motivated individuals. Atmosphere of continuous achievement."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Most roles require very deep Oracle product expertise. Be sure to be able to articulate your specific knowledge/skills/abilities."

What don't you like about working at Oracle?

"Nothing specifically. The company is a good place to work."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"None specifically. Management is typically focused on the right things."

What do you like about working at Oracle?

"There is always a new challenge. I like working with the latest IT technologies."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"High energy place, with incredibly brilliant people. It's a win culture."

What don't you like about working at Oracle?

"Too much penny pinching. Everything from buying new gear to travel restrictions for team meetings."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I wouldn't let the bean counters run the show anymore."

What do you like about working at Oracle?

"I like the prestige of the Oracle name and the training and bonuses."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Have a clearance, don't expect exceptional money, know their products, at least cursorily."

What don't you like about working at Oracle?

"Being a contractor, in a field that changes at an alarming rate, trying to keep up with all the new technologies and products is overwhelming. Yet my group in the company makes its money by billable hours from the contract I support, so they want me to spend all of my full-time billing to the customer, but expect me to also do tasks for my company and stay knowledgeable in my field, which seriously is like having another entire full-time job on the side that I am not getting paid to do."

"Strong brand, great professional culture, and extensive sales training."

What do you like about working at Oracle?

"World class sales training, strong global brand, great leadership, company culture is professional with a work hard, play hard attitude."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"To work hard and learn as much as you can."

What don't you like about working at Oracle?

"Due to the size of the company there tends to be a lot of corporate politics."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"To look at employees on an individual level, not just what their title is."

What do you like about working at Oracle?

"The talented co-workers and team I managed. In the early years, the product vision came from our talented CTO."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be prepared to work with culturally-diverse and geographically-dispersed teams. Travel to India may be required."

What don't you like about working at Oracle?

"Lack of product vision and CEO's passion for outsourcing jobs to India."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Product vision, requirements definition and most software development should be US-based."

What do you like about working at Oracle?

"Technology; customers are outstanding; as a reservist I can relate to the customer base."

What don't you like about working at Oracle?

"Culture; offerings are too narrowly focused on some very specialized technologies."