Oracle Sr. Applications Engineer reviews

If you get into product division, 1. You will work on ancient technologies. 2. You will get NO exposure to frameworks(Spring, Hibernate, Struts etc) 3. Very few onsite opportunites. 4. Salary increments are few and far in between. 5. Same with promotions. 6. Adherence to appraisal process and cycle and their results on salary are adhoc at best non-existent at worst.

Although after a while it is easy to get noticed if you do a good job, promotions are very rare. When they happen, most often they come without salary increase (Yes, more responsibilities for the same money). Bonuses are also rare, and when given, they are very low compared to the extra effort carried out to deserve them. This causes noticeable rotation. Changing teams accross the organization is a bit more common, but very difficult, and this also happens without salary adjustment. All this, together with a learning curve that flattens out after 3-5 years, makes it a real challenge to stay motivated.