Senion Sales Manager and Trainer - Senior Manager Oracle Employee Review

1.0
Jan 21, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Looks good on your resume - In sales if you get a good patch, you can make good money. Work with some very smart people, core DB EE is still best on the market. Great gym at HQ in Redwood Shores.

Cons

Too many to mention, complete lack of leadership and responsibility. As political and nepotistic as you can possibly get. Oracle is the 'Automatic company' Everything is self-service and HR are faceless ghosts who's only remit is to prevent Oracle from being sued. Any interaction with HR, or any questions are met with hostile and condescending emails with endless links to endless broken systems. The very basic tasks that HR should provide, letters of employment, on-time pay checks, etc, are completely beyond Oracle administration. Engineers seem to be treated a little better, but if you're in sales, you'll work in a truley terrible environment. Most people hate their jobs because Oracle customers HATE Oracle. So political it's absurd, pathetic and amateur training for managers, it's all personal connections and ''managing-up'' to get ahead, Hunger Games' type sales strategy, just hire more and more sales staff, and let them fight it out. Worst of all, most sales staff are paid way below the industry standard, and accounting frequently with-hold commission payments as a tactic to push people out. You are always one month away from being fired in Oracle, and people just disappear weekly with no explanation from management. Sales reps are cannon-fodder for angry customers, and get abused by both customers and Oracle senior management, Oracle treats customers and staff with contempt and arrogance.

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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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