beware - Applications Sales Manager Oracle Employee Review

2.0
Feb 9, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Excellent Solution Consultants with a ton of tenure. Extensive Partner ecosystem.

Cons

very low rep participation, in some regions, less than 15% have sold a deal single deal in an entire fiscal year, and those that do are still only 35%-45% of their quota. Territories are VERY small, you are lucky if you have 3-4 decent accounts and there is no rhyme or reason to the accounts you get, or the quota you are assigned. There are reps that live in Chicago flying to MI for one account when there is a rep living in MI that doesn't have a single account closer than 400 miles away. There is a Compensation Committee, this is basically Oracle's way of screwing you out of getting a huge commission check. There are "compensation factors" that are in fine print in the comp plan, i.e. it's arbitrarily up to a group of people (no one knows exactly who these people are)that determine your payout on a deal. They factor in things like how well you forecast the deal and how much influence you actually had on closing it.

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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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