14. Oracle India: For the People?

The company scores well on overall employee satisfaction, but lack of enthusiasm and excitement may be key issues

This new entrant to the Top 20 had among the lowest scores on its internal HR processes (#19), but fared comparatively better on the employee parameters (#12)–with relatively high scores on people and compensation packages. Oracle employees were very happy with their immediate bosses and the company’s leadership. However, composite satisfaction levels were low. This included a lack of excitement and pride with the work done. As a result, almost 40% of Oracle employees said they would leave if a reputed company offered them a 20% salary hike. Interestingly, for a tech pioneer, only about 60% of its employees were seriously excited by the technology they were working on (#18), and over half of them said they weren’t really encouraged to take risks at work. Finally, just about 30% of Oracle’s own employees named it as their dream company. Another 20% named Infosys, while 7% named IBM.