Great job, bad management structure - Sales Development Representative (SDR) Oracle Employee Review

4.0
Mar 15, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

The Oracle SDR role is a fantastic entry-level opportunity for anyone interested in getting into sales or looking for a structured start to any career. The sales organizations do an excellent with onboarding training and giving you customer leads from a sales standpoint Outside of your managers and sales rep, you mostly work alongside people your age which creates a great social environment in and out of the office.

Cons

The cons of this role are two things; Focusing too much on development instead of learning on your own and what organization, manager, and sales rep you get. If your manager or organization leader is not doing their job well or understand the Oracle product that you are selling then you aren't going to be successful, especially on cold calls. Reps are also not working in the same office as you, so if you are someone who wants to have face-to-face contact and feedback from your sales counterpart, then you will likely not like the role. When it comes to development, the sales organizations do several sessions per quarter called RISE. The point of RISE is to re-learn skills that you mastered during training. These sessions ideally take away time from hitting your weekly numbers and other tasks that you are required to complete. These sessions could also be done in a 10-minute meeting with your manager instead of an hour-long session with sales managers that you will likely not see again unless they are in your organization.

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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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