Looking for Quick Career Growth? - Oracle Direct Sales Account Manager Oracle Employee Review

4.0
Apr 24, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Most everyone is friendly and approachable so the culture and work environment is very pleasant. There are a lot of opportunities to grow your career. You can start at the bottom of the totem pole one year and be a manager next year and be working in the field in year 3. Being such a large company, there are always positions opening up, attrition, etc. You can literally have your pickings of what sector, LOB, product, territory, and sometimes manager you want to work for. Most of the managers are macro-managers so you can literally leave for lunch at 11:30 and come back at 1:30 and it looks like you took an early lunch or a late lunch. Managers are not up your butt looking for where you are and give you space. However if you don't hit your metrics and closed revenue they will be more strict. Also, great name dropper to have on your linkedin/resume.

Cons

That being said, Oracle being an enterprise company, there are some cons... Get everything in writing i.e. Pay structure, bonuses, salary bumps, promotions. Why? Because you can be verbally promised something one day, and the story changes the next. Cover yourself and get everything documented. Also, I've always had some kind of issue when I received my bonus or commission. Late, incorrect amount, off-cycle payments, etc.

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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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