A bunch of tyrannical meatheads running sales - Inside Sales Representative Oracle Employee Review

1.0
Feb 24, 2015
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Pros

Nothing. If you are lucky, you will be placed in a territory that actually generates revenue through effective prospecting, has license renewals that will help achieve quota, and get scored with a great manager (although those are hard to come by in sales orgs at Oracle). You will also learn how to deal with idiotic customers, and idiots around you. Oh, and snail-paced internal processing. No work from home policy.

Cons

Too many to list. As a college hire from a top school, I can thank Oracle Sales for making me lose all of my brain cells by being surrounded by co-workers who have never read a book in their lives (minus us overqualified college hires from top schools). Surrounded by lower-tiered school hires because sales execs running the Sales Academy program went there (not going to name them), which meant working with bros and bimbos. Managers are just there to get to field positions and could care less about you. As long as you are making money, they make money. Also be prepared to be presented with unrealistic and un-achievable quotas. Like the rest of us you can still bust your butt and not be successful-- which is also another harsh reality of sales.

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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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