Pay is decent, but don't expect good management or advancement opportunities. - Oracle Direct Sales Executive Oracle Employee Review

2.0
4 Jan 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Lots of products to sell. Opportunities to network. Oracle is a great name to have on your resume. Pay is decent for Austin.

Cons

Management is brutal, clearly they have no interest in training the sales reps. Management was not trained very well, yelling and public humiliation of their reports was common. The comp structure is overly complicated, we were never sure what we were getting paid for. The internal IT tools for reporting and data gathering we used were ridiculously slow. Trying to navigate the internal systems (both IT systems and approval chains) to book deals took up a large part of our time. I was surprised at how difficult it is to get promoted at Oracle. The field sales organization will not hire sales reps from Oracle Direct, period. If you are interested in field sales it is best to come into field sales from outside Oracle. It is also difficult to be hired into management, and the pay for management is lower than the sales reps so there is little incentive to do so.

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Pros

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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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