Good starting sales position, incredibly pessimistic company culture - Business Development Oracle Employee Review

2.0
Feb 22, 2020
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Pros

• When I started, it was great. lots of young people, easy to meet them which is nice. • Lots of free drinks, is also a pro. • You never have to work past 5 PM • Casual dress code • managers around your same age • good pay for the work you're doing

Cons

horrible company culture. no one wants to be there, no one enjoys work. everyone just wants to leave the office. Training is so so long and makes the job seem so much more legit, when in reality you're just calling people who don't wanna talk to you. oracle is so bureaucratic and it makes it hard to progress

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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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