Company: Oracle
Date: 2015-08-28
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Junior

Troublesome environment, zero training, but big potential opportunities
Pros: -Lots  of responsibility right out of the gate! Oracle is a great name on a resume.
-Oracle heavily recruits from universities all over the country, offering a foot in the door for hundreds of young professionals every year.
-Fast-paced, engaging environment.
-If you're good, you'll be promoted in a year and a half or less.
-Base pay is pretty good, the commission is even better.
Cons: -Zero product or sales training - requests to shadow or be shadowed by manager and other sales reps will be ignored. You'd better be sure you'll be a rockstar off the bat when joining.
-Absolutely cutthroat politics. Management will dial  in on a handful of top performers to bolster their own name, meanwhile other sales reps will do anything they can to pull deals out from under you.
-Flat-out hostile management tactics. Outbursts and accusations are common.
-Either you stay in sales, or you look for another opportunity. It is difficult to impossible to transfer to another department.