Oracle sets the Pace with Inside Sales - Director of Inside Sales Oracle Employee Review

4.0
31 Jan 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Oracle is an industry leader and it has great name recognition so it easily opens doors.The management is very supporive of the Inside Sales function and that makes a better environment as a launchpoint for success. The benefits are very good which is a blessing in todday's environment. As part of the Utilities group marketing into a fairly recession proof sector, job stability seems to be pretty solid. Innovation around products and the creation of marketing collateral to support the sales efforts is quite high class and allows us to present ourselves as technology anf thought leaders. In all, a pretty good place to land.

Cons

Working for a large company like Oracle, it's sometimes frustrating to be simply a small link is a very large machine. Bureaucracy makes it difficult if not impossible to bnreak out and try innovative approaches since there may be risk associated with these new things. There tends to be a mind set of, let's just tick the box and say we did it, instead of a culture of excellence where not only did we do something but we did it very well. This acceptance of mediocrity is easy to hide in a large organization and stifles innovation and the ability to create gound breaking messaging.

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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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