Staff Solution Consultant - Solutions Consultant Oracle Employee Review

2.0
21 Nov 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Oracle offers a variety of Cloud applications that are exciting to learn about. If you have a good manager, then the job itself is rewarding. Working with prospects and customers that truly want a partnership and consultative approach make this job worthwhile.

Cons

Sales reps are under trained, inexperienced , with high quotas. That means they are too often pursuing unqualified opportunities and wasting everyone's time. Too often, they also do not accept feedback or coaching. Oracle's strategy is to focus all career development initiatives on the recent college graduate program "Class of's". There is no career development for those of us in our mid-level career. That includes, no promotions, no raises, no differentiation. Compensation is low. You have to leave and come back to dictate more money and then, you'll have to leave again to get a raise. Hurd does not support promotions and increases within the SC org (newly re-branded as Solution Engineering). Bonuses don't happen. They cut the bonus program by 30% hold back, that we get "if" we meet cloud quota, which is so high that we never will. HCM products are slow to develop. They are also developed in silos, so that the underlying configuration logic doesn't match. It makes it increasingly difficult to sell in the HCM space against Workday.

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Cons

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4.0
21 Oct 2014
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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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