Terrible Culture. Bad Product Market Fit. Cringe leaders. - Account Executive Oracle Employee Review

2.0
Mar 6, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

They do a solid job in sales enablement and training. Benefits are okay.

Cons

Tons of them - Every other sales rep there hate being there and constantly complain about the job, company, product, and their managers - Upper leadership lives in La La Land and all they know is how to spew the stuff they listen to on podcasts and books. Aka they haven't actually sold anything in ages and think their Executive Sponsorship on deals actually move the needle - Delivery team and Account management team couldn't care less about customer retention, causing bad implementations and customers not paying which in turn causes you to lose the commissions of that deal - AEs are basically BDR's. There is no healthy balance of prospecting and working deals. You're expected to outsource 95% of your deals meanwhile there are hundreds of SDRs/BDRs that have no proper direction, training, or development. They're just scheduling any trash lead that comes their way. - Overall, burnout culture is real here. Unless you're a rah rah type of person and can easily shut your eyes and ears and drink the kool aid, you'll hate it here. There's no culture, you're not heard, you don't matter. Not to mention you're paid well below the industry average.

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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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