Guten Tag ! Our names are Steffen, Rebecca and Andreas and we are the “Comp& Ben” Team in Munich, Germany, responsible for the DACH region (Germany, Austria and Switzerland). Steffen is working for Oracle for 6 years. Andreas has started his career at Oracle as an intern and has written his final thesis at Oracle. He is working for this team now for 8 years. Rebecca has just joined the team as an intern beginning of 2009.
Oracle is looking for the most dedicated and the best employees on the market around the world. Oracle commits to providing an adequate salary and excellent benefits for its employees. Therefore, we have our own Compensation & Benefit Teams, which constantly benchmarks the package. The Compensation & Benefit Teams belongs to the Human Resources-family with its seven fields of expertise: local Human Resources teams, Organization and Talent Development, HR-Systems, M&A Team, Business Partner, Recruitment and Compensation & Benefits.
To work in the area of C&B is interesting due to its various tasks. The aim is to develop competitive terms & conditions, which include having a good knowledge of the social policies and the labour legislation. It also involves a high amount of market research and handling a huge quantity of figures and data. Additionally, it requires strong communicative skills to be able to discuss new plans with senior management and negotiate with the workers council for their consent and finally roll out to all Oracle employees.
We also work on the compensation and benefits aspects of the integration for acquired employees – which is very exciting. Oracle has made a large number of strategic integrations lately (for more details, see this website). Harmonising the terms and conditions of the acquired company with the ones Oracle is using, is a major operation and needs to be handled with great care.
I asked Andreas, Rebecca and Steffen what makes their job special for them:
Andreas: Working at Oracle means working in a constantly changing environment. The Oracle of 2001 is not comparable to the Oracle of 2009. There is no day like the other since this is a very vibrant company with new and exciting opportunities every day. Additionally, I like working with a huge amount of data and figures to get my analysis done and being in contact with all the Oracles employees at the same time.
Rebecca: Even as an intern I am having a lot of freedom to structure my own work and to come up with ideas. It is a great chance for me to collect practical experience in addition to the theoretical knowledge I gained at university. Here at Oracle I have the chance to build a network. I am not only working with Steffen and Andreas but am also part of a virtual team with colleagues around the world. The job in an international company is fascinating since everyone brings their experience/ ideas into the international projects and that has changed and broadened my viewpoints of how to solve problems.
Steffen: Since we are a matrix organisation I support the Comp & Ben activities in the different countries in EMEA. I enjoy being part of this international C&B team where I can work with very interesting people and customers every day.
Current openings in the area of HR and others can you find on http://campus.oracle.com. For questions regarding German speaking positions for Graduates and Interns at Oracle please contact christine.angerer@oracle.com
