The Cake is a lie - and so is every thing else they told us while recruiting - Territory Account Manager Oracle Employee Review

2.0
May 16, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Corporate benefits are great - if your managers actually grant them It is still not bad to have Oracle in your CV - but that will most likely change soon.

Cons

Talking about the Amsterdam HUB here - it actually all depends on where you work and under which VP - but we recieved similar horror stories from other HUBs Corporate flustercluck. It is harder to justify why you want to sell a product to a prospect than to actually sell to the customer. I have never seen a company so eager to mismanage it´s sales departments. Although the position is marketed as a high volume based sales role with loads of customers and a strong brand and marketing engine behind it, the reality kicks in at about 2 months in. You are a telemarketer - not even supposed to sell, just generate some activities (cold calls) and schedule appointments for partners or colleagues to actually sell the solution. There are unspecified KPI´s and the micromanagement is strong with this role. Basically you are a overpaid call agent or an underpaid, bored to the bones sales who is struggling to get the chance for a deal due to infights between the managers and departments. Oh - and you do not have a fixed territory - it changes every fiscal. Ps. Do not count on data quality. Base-line: You have to be damn good at politics, lying and sucking up to your managers to have a reasonably good time here. And even the best at these skills are not what one would call "successful"

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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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