Field Sales Rep - Applications Sales Manager Oracle Employee Review

3.0
Dec 7, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Strength of brand, diversity of product lines, benefits package solid. Ability to move jobs, if not blocked by manager. Oracle opens doors both for new jobs and for securing customer meetings. Recruiters are attracted to Oracle on your resume, especially in the spring as FY in winding down. Even your grandma can relate to the company that dominates the database market.

Cons

No base raises, ever. Senior hiring flawed by old relationship nepotism. For example, former IBM SVP hires other IBM crew as lieutenants over Oracle team who may be less senior overall, or successful (smart) enough to not accept mid-sales Manager role. New management incapable of assisting successful sales people because they don’t know Oracle (processes or politics). Direct team and Sales development expected to be trained by field sales, not their direct management who also have no experience. . Oracle expects these lower pay sales people to supply the low $ field driven sales and measures revenues to falsely assign them credit for field execution. But they’re actually less capable than people in same roles several years ago.

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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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