Big money = big stress - Technology Sales Representative Oracle Employee Review

3.0
22 Dec 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The company has an excellent product portfolio. There is an ever expanding set of products to sell. Oracle has one of the highest base pay and sales commission plans in the software industry. Overall, the people are very good, but very stressed as well. There is a decent amount of opportunity to advance your knowledge of Oracle through internal training. Oracle has one of the most liberal expense policies I have ever seen. If it remotely ties to closing new business, it is expected that it will be paid for by the company. They also provide a monthly car allowance that is well above average.

Cons

The biggest negative in working for Oracle is the lack of work/life balance. The mentality in the sales organization is win at all costs. If you are a total type A, this is the place for you. I was asked to do things to get commitments from customers that I was not too comfortable with (like waiting outside of people's offices until they leave for the day). The way that quota is distributed is also a little odd...instead of basing the growth objective on some reality, like the previous year's revenue, the region's quota is equally divided among reps with no consideration for territory, opps, etc.

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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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