Company: Oracle
Date: 2016-12-25
Overall rating: 1/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Junior

Yet to make it to the 21st century
Pros: A lot of very nice and competent people. Great for an early  career experience. Looks good on the CV with people that don't know the company. Great support from HR&admin. Great if you like to hide.
Cons: Internal competition. Sales have to prove their good faith before hoping to see the usual resistance to provide any support down. 

Very localized, travel restrictions may not meet your customer international profiles.

Many very old style managers that still think cold calling is the way to sell Enterprise solutions. Most managers transfer their pressure down without much creativity and often at the expense of their field team and their existing customers.

Some products are far from the competition. Most acquired solutions stop evolving with the market needs (for example from web to mobility). 

Field teams get overhauled on a yearly basis, plans&targets take time to be communicated, leaving your chance to reach your target to luck.

PreSales teams not always update on latest tech in their domain.

News from 2016 tell me that this hasn't changed. Hence the massive turn over