People that have left: Talk about the reasons the grass is greener. This sounds like a case where it most definitely is...
Also, what group did you leave? Any OCIers?
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If you came from an acquisition, you heard plenty from your customers once they learned they would now have to “deal with” the Oracle system of ignoring customers via multilayered support processes.
Some of those final calls with the customers I got to know were rather heartbreaking.
Re: Definitely, get out of oracle. There are decent people out here, not the sc-m I was working for.
Whilst I agree with above In getting out of oracle and I did the same, and exception to some of the narcissists and bordering sociopaths I worked with oracle, I feel the organisation top down has created them to behave this way based on the culture. I hope these people that made us suffer leave oracle and become better people, for the sake of their new colleagues. Otherwise the oracle alumni will have a bad reputation throughout our industry. Which was a major concern of mine when interviewing…
Definitely, get out of oracle. There are decent people out here, not the sc-m I was working for.
I have news for you --- the grass is brown on both sides of the fence.
Sure.
- Better, wider used technology
- Pay increases
- Bonuses
- Advancement opportunities
- Actually want to go to work
- Leaders you can trust or, at the very least, respect
- Co-workers that actually also want to be there
- Common vision
- and most of all -> not soul sucking
The grass in OCI is dead due to the toxic and hostile workplace
Why?
A full response would be longer than either a Di-kens or a Dostoyevsky novel.