Company: Oracle
Date: 2015-09-29
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Junior

Make your way for an easy ride now, but uncertain future
Pros: Oracle takes tremendous care of its sales engineering team from a financial perspective.   While you will be put into a salary band based on your profile, skills, and experience, there is really good upside if you are tied to the right products.  There are many benefits such as a car allowance, overtime pay, and more that are hard to find or beat in the industry today.
Cons: Massive bureaucracy as expected with a large company, requires knowledge of corporate politics, and navigation.  Half of your sale will be devoted to selling to your internal audience rather than customer.   The cutthroat environment creates significant internal strife and competition, therefore collaboration and team building is not necessarily fostered.  Not sure it is best for the customer or the company in the long run.  As far as the SE role, it is easy to get pigeon hold, particularly if you came through an acquisition.