Company: Oracle
Date: 2010-12-19
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: current

Very intense environment - Darwinian
Pros: -Great training
-Smart people
-Exposure to a lot of different technology
-Fantastic Enterprise Selling experience
-Many opportunities available throughout the company
-Great benefits
-Access to loads of resources
Cons: -Not everyone in sales set up to excel
-If close deals larger than deal cap size you receive a lower rate on commission (essentially you are penalized for bringing in large deals)
-Major conflicts between inside and field counterparts regarding who owns the right to own deals
-Lots of turnover - constant revolving door at the company
-The company is relatively soulless regarding their employees.  You are a cog in the wheel of a major corporation and are made very aware of this