Get back what you give, then get out and enjoy your new company - Sales Representative Oracle Employee Review

2.0
11 June 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Working at Oracle in sales will get you a job anywhere else ! Their acquisition strategy means you get to sell a large range of products to multiple business lines, though more and more, Oracle keeps acquisition's sales people, then strips complementary products away from the current Oracle salespeople, e.g. when Oracle acquired Siebel, the ERP reps had to literally give their entire non-Siebel CRM pipeline to the incoming Siebel reps, nothing back in exchange. Up goes your quota, down goes your list of products and companies to sell to.

Cons

Larry Ellison has basically 'managed contempt' for sales & marketing, read any of the books to understand why he considers Sales & Marketing an unnecessary overhead, and only select engineering divisions the heroes of the company. Oracle is famous for the '2 strikes' HR rule, you can only leave twice, and once one internal recruiter contacts you about a job, another Oracle recruiter can't touch you till you pass on it least it works in your favor for a 'bidding war' between departments. Yes, Oracle is pretty much entirely unilateral. 'If you're not happy here, how soon can we make you leave ?'

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5.0
13 Apr 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
21 Oct 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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