Eh, it could be better - Sales Development Representative Oracle Employee Review

2.0
26 Jun 2018
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Pros

-lots of young people straight out of college, so if you're also a recent college grad there are a lot of young people here to befriend/hang out with -great company name to put on your resume -awesome free gym and good food in at least 5 different kitchens across campus -big, tall, spacious cubicles in the sales building provide separate, private spaces -really helpful IT staff here

Cons

-SDR managers are woefully undertrained, undersupervised, and inefficient -high turnover rate because... (see below) -feels like a frathouse. Not a lot of diversity. Oracle hires a lot of white, upper-middle class college grads straight out of Greek life -repetitive and unfulfilling job tasks. Not challenging. Spent most of my time sending emails and leaving voicemails and not much else -hard to move into other lines of business. If you want to promote here, it takes at least 10 months and you're most likely to end up being an Account Executive, not into marketing or HR or otherwise

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Cons

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4.0
21 Oct 2014
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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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