An actual house of cards - Associate Sales Consultant Oracle Employee Review

3.0
Jun 30, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Work-life balance is great, with hardly anyone working past 5pm. Management gives you free reign to handle your own business, so no micro-managing. The office culture is young and laid-back, most people dress semi-business casual, and everyone is generally positive and friendly. Oracle also looks good on a resume.

Cons

Management has little to no formal management training and it is pretty obvious. The "self-service" nature of Oracle is really just an excuse to provide no training or guidance when you first start. On-boarding is a major company weakness. There is a quite a bit of downtime in the role, and most recommendations are to use this time to train yourself on product knowledge. A lot of your success will depend on which sales team you support and how well you get along with the sales manager. There is no accountability, so no one checks to see if you have learned something correctly. This causes misinformation to commonly be passed around the organization for extended periods of time. It often feels like no one really knows what's going on or what any of the products do, and commonly push back on your questions. Whenever there is an actual problem, it becomes very apparent who actually knows their stuff and who has just been faking it. Bonuses are tied to unreachable goals and we've recently only received 60%-70% of our annual bonuses. Also, in the first year, your bonus ramps up (only eligible for 25% in first quarter, 50% second quarter, etc...). No one will tell you this and it's not in writing. Compensation plans have been incorrect two years in a row, however, you're forced to sign the incorrect document so that you get paid while finance fixes the issues. Every year, it felt shady signing an incorrect, legally-binding document around my pay.

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Cons

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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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