Company: Oracle
Date: 2018-06-18
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: former

High learning vs no perspective/ growth
Pros: - if you are not used to large corporates and internal processes, this is the place to learn
-good name on your CV providing new opportunities
- you will develop a thick skin 
- transition to the cloud and new strategy of the company enables you to respond rapidly to organizational changes and enhances your strategic/out of the box thinking 
-innovative technologies
Cons: - low amount of senior sales reps/managers
- reaching your target is based on luck
-low spender customer profiles (Oracles revenue mainly comes from key accounts)
-questionable reputation in SMB segment
- very short term oriented sales results
-no customer centricity 
- very limited product knowlegde amount sales and pre-sales
- approval procedures are very time consuming and might bust your deals 
- read the relocation agreement precisely before you consider this job (hideous)
-low salary for the high cost of living in the Netherlands (expect having to move to a shared flat ) 
-depending on your territory and segment, expect to live from your base salary
- incredibly micromanaged for a so-called "self-service company" (you will hear this at least once a day) 
-no employee support 
- managers manager, they do not lead 
- no investment in R&D, competitive analysis, marketing (expect to do that yourself) 
-highly bureaucratic for a "corporate with start-up feeling"
- very informal communication on all levels
- high targets and expectations for the accounts that you work on 
- personal development plans are treated as a formality