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      Oracle reviews

      3.5

      60% would recommend to a friend

      (59,889 total reviews)

      Clay Magouyrk and Mike Sicilia

      42% approve of CEO

      55% positive business outlook

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      3.8

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.8

      Work/Life balance

      3.4

      Culture & values

      3.3

      Career opportunities

      3.2

      Compensation and benefits

      3.1

      Senior management

      Oracle has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 59,889 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Oracle employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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      60K reviews
      4.0
      Nov 25, 2008

      Oracle, a great place to work as long as you're making them money.

      applications sales representative
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Oracle is a company where you can learn the ropes of selling to big companies. Oracle has a very rigorous sales process and has sales reps constantly working to better themselves so that they can sell more software. Oracle is a great place to learn the fast paced world of enterprise software. Oracle also has amazing benefits for both individuals and families. If you are looking for a place that has amazing benefits, this is the place. Also, if you're looking for a no travel sales job where you can make over $100K, this is a great place to work. Top inside sales reps can make upwards of $150K.

      Cons

      Oracle can be a really oppressive and depressing environment for sales people. Oracle has siloed sales teams and no team knows what any other team is doing. Consequently, customers are constantly complaining about the lack of internal communication at Oracle. It's not hard to find an irritated Oracle customer. Inside sales reps only have control of about 50% of their income. The rest of their income is dependent on their field reps to make up the rest of their income. You could be 150% of plan and could make less money than someone who was 50% of plan because their field sold a lot and yours didn't. This can make for some extremely disappointing paychecks.

      3.0
      Aug 11, 2008

      Oracle - False Advertising.

      Business development consultant
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Oracle has name recognition. When you call into a company, there is an immediate door opened for you. It is difficult to find someone in a position dealing with IT needs that is not familiar with Oracle. Oracle also offers extensive training to their employees. Regular webinars are offered on various topics relating to the product line that you are working with and Oracle University is available as well, to learn about yours, as well as other segments of their business. As I mentioned Oracle is a large corporation. Unlike some small software companies, you never have to worry if your check will clear.

      Cons

      Oracle is a large company. What this means is that they are less concerned with individual employees. It is very easy to be lost in the masses, some 70,000+ employees. Regardless of performance, you are just a part in the machine. This also means that inferior managers are allowed to run amok. Rather than reign them in, it is easier for upper management to ignore their immature antics, just to have a warm body in place. As long as they at least have that cheerleader mentality, it does not matter if their teams loathe them and they are completely ineffectual. I saw this in the field sales team as well. I witnessed one rep in particular go nearly 2 years without closing a deal while bragging about his 6 figure salary. Once again, people get lost in the chaos, and fat that should be trimmed is not. They don't eat their own dog food. They don't use the products internally that they sell to their customers. And there is no reason for this. Their home grown applications are useless and archaic. They push out the latest and greatest to customers, while saddling their employees with tired, useless systems. I won't name the specific application, but if you've been there you know what I'm talking about. But, then again, with an outside sales force incapable of operating the same applications that they are selling, I can see where they may not see how it would matter.

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