OK job if you want partying > career progression - Business Development Consultant Oracle Employee Review

2.0
21 Jun 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Work-life balance: never more than 35-40 hours/week - Easy transition out of college and great opportunity to become friends with fellow Class Of’s - A lot of leniency amongst managers in terms of PTO and Work From Home days - Time and motivation to recruit for other positions

Cons

- Success is mostly based on territories and sales counterparts - Lots of politics and downtime getting things approved and pushed forward - My manager was probably one of the most incompetent and childish managers I have ever had. This manager only cared about gossiping, the quota the manager had to hit, and being able to leave early during the work week - Unclear goals of sales organization as a whole; lots of change without informing employees until last minute

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Cons

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4.0
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Pros

Every group/division can be different in how they treat their employees, but I'd say overall there is very good atmosphere of trust and fairness. There is a strong focus on education, and they reimburse for outside classes taken (Up to 5k/year I think). Benefits are good, and I'd say quite competitive in the market. Good 401K matching (they'll contribute a max of 3% of your 6% or greater). Free drinks in the breakroom. Flexibility to work from home at times. (If you live 50+ miles away from an office you can work full-time from home...policy).

Cons

They don't try to make the workplace anything special (maybe a pool table and arcade game are cliche or gimmicky?). In the 10 years I've worked there, they've given 2 measly %1 cost of living raises (this is the same with most everyone I've spoken to, some don't get any raises). You will not get a substantial raise ever, unless you leave then get rehired on (they will not match offers, better to leave). New employees that you train will make 10 - 20K more than you several years after you hire on (not just me, they do this to all tenured employees). They will give these untrained, less experienced people higher titles (again this is done to everyone not just me). You learn pretty quickly that you're dispensable. The company has billions in cash and they don't re-invest in their employees, just in acquiring new companies and hiring new people that know nothing that you get to train.

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