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Cloud Platform Representative
Former Employee
Worked at Oracle for 2 years
November 20, 2024
3.0
RecommendsNeutral OutlookApproves of CEO
Pros

Great company name to put on a resume. CIOs and other high-up personnel are willing to talk to you (as a salesperson). Base pay is fine. Because Oracle is so big and has so much money, you will almost always have the upper hand in a negotiation. People are super smart and utmost professionals. The amount of work required to be successful is minimal. It's a "work smart, not hard" mentality. I could have gotten away with working 10 hours a week and no one would have known, and the result wouldn't have been any different.

Cons

Selling cloud infrastructure is BORING! It is also really hard to compete with AWS and Azure. While the product is technically good, the world is such that AWS, Azure, and GCP are preferred.

You basically have one sales play worth selling that can compete (because of price incentives), and that is lifting and shifting their Oracle ERP to OCI. This is a huge decision for an organization and places a lot of risk on IT people and their job security. While it makes sense to do, it will easily take over a year to make the decision, and it will take up to multiple years for the project to complete.

You only get paid once the customer begins consuming cloud services (aside from a small kicker for selling prepaid credits), thus don't expect to make money anytime soon after joining.

Advice to Management

More sales plays aside from L&S Ebs. A better comp plan. In-person new hire training, especially for product.

Additional Ratings

Work/Life Balance
5.0
Culture and Values
2.0
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
3.0
Career Opportunities
5.0
Compensation and Benefits
2.0
Senior Management
4.0

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