Do not value employees. - Technology Sales Representative Oracle Employee Review

2.0
Nov 30, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good company to start at for general industry knowledge and understanding of enterprise operations. There is so much knowledge to be attained at this company it is ridiculous. They power the top companies globally, and hold deep relationships with the majority of executives in these top companies. It is a very sales focused company and will teach you flawless sales execution.

Cons

You are a number and completely replaceable. Management (finance and operations) ALWAYS maintain levers to reduce their costs and your compensation. Sales example: very complex compensation plans and your commissions will be held and delayed while they are "under review". Technical example: they will give your target base, but incorporate a set amount of "over time eligible" hours to achieve that number - and these overtime hours are at management discretion. So you will have to work longer hours to reach same base, and depending on how the business is doing management can simply not approve the overtime hours reducing their costs and your ability to earn. From a financial strategy you have to applaud the genius of the above nuanced strategy for maintaining cost control, it is just sad that it is at their employees expense. Also be wary if you cannot handle a cut throat environment as this is the way at oracle. There is so much pressure on hitting the numbers that people do bad things to achieve, and then they are rewarded with upward movement thus perpetuating that behavior. As the industry pushes to cloud and renewal business is more critical than ever, I am hoping this fixes itself.

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Cons

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4.0
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Pros

Every group/division can be different in how they treat their employees, but I'd say overall there is very good atmosphere of trust and fairness. There is a strong focus on education, and they reimburse for outside classes taken (Up to 5k/year I think). Benefits are good, and I'd say quite competitive in the market. Good 401K matching (they'll contribute a max of 3% of your 6% or greater). Free drinks in the breakroom. Flexibility to work from home at times. (If you live 50+ miles away from an office you can work full-time from home...policy).

Cons

They don't try to make the workplace anything special (maybe a pool table and arcade game are cliche or gimmicky?). In the 10 years I've worked there, they've given 2 measly %1 cost of living raises (this is the same with most everyone I've spoken to, some don't get any raises). You will not get a substantial raise ever, unless you leave then get rehired on (they will not match offers, better to leave). New employees that you train will make 10 - 20K more than you several years after you hire on (not just me, they do this to all tenured employees). They will give these untrained, less experienced people higher titles (again this is done to everyone not just me). You learn pretty quickly that you're dispensable. The company has billions in cash and they don't re-invest in their employees, just in acquiring new companies and hiring new people that know nothing that you get to train.

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