Company: Oracle
Date: 2015-07-06
Overall rating: 5/5
Employment status: current

First "Real" Job - BDC/SMD
Pros: - If you do the Class Of training program, it really sets you up for having a successful career at Oracle, not just in the role you go into (Business Development), but for the next stage even more so - the OD rep role (Oracle Direct Sales Representative)
- Depending on what pillar you work in (apps, middleware, core tech, hardware), your commission bonus can vary greatly.  Apps and hardware tend to have much smaller bonuses than core tech, middleware, and cloud.
- There are a lot of young, bright people in the company, and being a sales job, the atmosphere is very upbeat.
- You will never have work to do outside of your 8-5 unless you want to do extra.
Cons: - The sales environment can be cut throat.  If you plan on being one of the best people in your org, be prepared to deal with the responses of others
- REPORTING.  You can plan on spending at least half of your time validating the work you've already done instead of producing more results