Company: Oracle
Date: 2016-08-03
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

Disappointing to say the least...
Pros: Modern Block B office with good facilities (although an extra canteen is needed).  Good benefits - can buy extra holidays and upgrade health insurance. Plenty of career opportunities. If you get lucky with your product and territory you can have a very nice experience. Good work/life balance.
Cons: There are big problems structurally. I came here expecting to be in a top sales job working for one of the biggest companies in the world. What I found was a start-up environment where I was required to do cold-calling day in, day out, which is the task of a Business Development Rep, not an experienced seller. 

The fact that Sales Reps and BD Reps are doing the same job means we are practically working against each other - structure! Field reps get paid when you are successful but not the other way around. The SMB and Subsidiary situation also doesn't work. To top it all of much of the management like micro-manage which make everything that bit more unpleasant.

Several hundred people have been taken on recently and many were suddenly told that they don't have a team anymore, go an look for another. Who mass employs people without a plan?

From day one you are told how it's a self-service organisation. They're not kidding! You have to sort everything yourself. Of course some people may prefer this, depending on the individual.