Company: Oracle
Date: 2016-01-18
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Junior

Great Jumping stone to a Career in Tech Sales but very slow here
Pros: Very Laid back, great Work-Life Balance, great place for recent college graduates to get experience and begin a career in technical sales, good training programs for students (Sandler Sales, Demo2Win, Social Selling,Toast Masters club), free gym access (at HQ in RWC), beautiful lake around HQ (good for relaxing walks or biking), considered "difficult to get fired" compared to some other "high-caliber" hot companies.
Cons: Pay in sales and consulting is generally below market pay for the bay area unless you transfer in already commanding a high salary (be prepared to be stuck with the salary you agreed on for the next few years), no perks like free meals or stocked fridges found at competing tech giants or startups, while products are reliable and robust, features of many flagship products are rather outdated by Silicon Valley's standards (long tenure-ship in the full stack realm is the only thing that gets Oracle products sold), company is already established so change in policies and side projects are extremely difficult to push, Oracle is a large corporation so you may feel like a cog in the wheel, promotions and raises are rare unless you stay 5+ years or know the right people, corporate politics, slow and complex internal process for sales so if a deal gets stuck, its not uncommon for customers to get upset and leave hurting your quota, the Canada Geese that loiter around the HQ are jerks and can be aggressive if you venture too far near them