Company: Oracle
Date: 2019-10-16
Overall rating: 1/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

Selfish Company and Selfish Motives
Pros: -Fortune 100 company
-highly accredited reputation externally within Technology Services (in terms of product features and suite enhancements)
-somewhat competitive commission earnings (changes YOY; and slowly reducing employee earning potential)
Cons: -Disruptive restructurings that are poorly implemented and managed top-down
-Toxic culture and hiring standards (mixed bag of individuals that are not highly motivated, inflamed egos, and lack self-starting mentality)
-Misinformed earning potential that is very much predicated on whether your territory is profitable or revenue shrinking. It is difficult to be successful in managing accounts that have minimal to no Oracle investment, where greenfield entries are few and far between. 
-Limited career mobility (both upward and laterally). Very difficult to transition to other lines of business beyond sales. Within the sales organization, there are two alternative paths for career progression, which include Field Executives and Management. With the latest restructure, Oracle has dissolved the internal sales arm  (Oracle Direct) that was previously the foundation for all transactional business. 
-Minimal base that "gets you by". Without competitive commission and quarterly bonus earnings, this role is not highly lucrative.