Really Need to Think Twice Before Joining - Presales Consultant Oracle Employee Review

2.0
20 Apr 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Did Presales SC work at Oracle for four years. Amazing people when I started, great place to build a network and meet people. Highly recommend for people EARLY in their careers looking for somewhere to learn and jump from. Field sales you get to work from home. Still has a good name, good place to leave and find another job from.

Cons

Expect to live on your base salary forever. Field sales numbers are terrible, dont ever expect a good bonus. Even when a good quarter happens, you get shafted on the bonus. Most of the best people have left, morale is horrible, and the products are really quite bad outside of core technology. You will be stuck reviewing SR's all the time because support is terrible, and you will get verbally beat up by dissatisfied customers that are making decisions to move off your tech. Your base will never increase, and your benefits will not be any good. Years of hard work and amazing production will be awarded with things like gift cards for amazon.com and a free dinner with your family, but no raises or bonuses. No innovation in the technology, more and more being outsourced to China and India, and for US more being done through interns/college hires. Management is not empowered to change the situation even though they know it.

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Cons

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4.0
21 Oct 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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