Company: Oracle
Date: 2016-04-20
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: current

Field Sales
Pros: Strong financials, great reputation in industry, tremendous market share. When you work in field sales at Oracle the company name is a positive in many situations, but can also be a negative. The biggest pro is the sheer market share and presence. In my near five years at Oracle I've never called on a company that hadn't heard of Oracle. By in large, Oracle builds great products and has strong executive management. Compensation is very strong. You can make big money as a field rep at Oracle.
Cons: With so many products I sometimes question whether or not Oracle is truly great at any individual thing due to the fact they have to focus on so many lines of business and products. Additionally, you will run into a large number of customers that have a negative bias towards Oracle and will not listen to you with an open mind. Finally, Oracle has gone through an amazing amount of hiring over the past few years, which has just added to the sheer amount of noise that many executives hear from Oracle. It's not uncommon to have as many as 25 reps calling on a single account in the Enterprise space.