Company: Oracle
Date: 2015-05-19
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Senior

Never a dull moment
Pros: Despite the size of Oracle, senior management and the company culture work hard to keep Oracle at the cutting edge of Information Technology trends. They strike the balance well at not chasing after fads and blue sky concepts, but are very quick to act once a real market becomes established. This means that the company is constantly going through change in order to refocus on what is hot and driving the best growth for the company. You should expect that reorganisations happen every year in various areas of the business, and every 2 years those reorgs are likely to effect you. As long as you are comfortable with a constantly changing environment then Oracle is a great place to work, with great training. The culture is that you are in control of your career and it's your responsibility to be well networked and ambitious if you want to take positions of increasing responsibility. The reorganisations help this rise of talent - no deadman's shoes.
Cons: There is a huge top-down focus on the sales organisation, in particular the quota carrying sales reps. The downside of this is that other groups are not getting the focus they feel that they require. However, the vision is to have more, better trained, Sales Reps out selling in order to increase revenues, and it does appear to be working at a macro level.