Company: Oracle
Date: 2012-04-20
Overall rating: 1/5
Employment status: current

Unforgettable, unfortunately
Pros: -outstanding solutions, technical colleagues and ongoing training
-you'll earn a lot of money if  you can get one of the few productive patches,  but for the  most  part, those just AMs stick around forever
-base salary for Sales is higher than average
-based on previous reviews, the India office sounds splendid, at least.
Cons: When I was interviewing, I was assured the  OTE is attainable (it's not-35% of  your comp is out of your control, either OD or field counterpart dependent). Managers are completely inept- worn out, former reps without any mgmt training who throw reps under the bus regularly, paranoid about losing their own jobs, to be fair.  Expect to be micromanaged, and to consistently deliver not just impossible sales quotas but performance metrics ( 50+ calls/day, 10 tracked c-level appointments/week, 12 hours talk time/week, etc).   We're so busy faking our stats we don't have time to sell!  Last year's Q1 kickoff consisted of everyone squeezing into the floor director's office for one serving of orange juice from the vending machine and sparking wine ("mimosa!" ..almost) in Dixie cups.  Don't be deceived, carefully review what people are saying here and separate reviews for the hub you are considering.  There are valid reasons this in particular hub has seen over 3x avg rep churn this year alone.