Great if you like sales; horrible if you dont - Business Development Representative (BDR) Oracle Employee Review

3.0
Feb 28, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Good work-life balance. The hours are as stated and never worked over that. It's a pretty laid-back environment with a lot of autonomy over your days. Solid commission and pay structure (80k total) and good upward mobility if you are good at the job.

Cons

Very mundane and repetitive. If you need to LOVE sales or you will hate this job. Very cut-throat environment when it needs to be with layoffs and firings for underperforming. There is also a lot of mixed messaging and empty promises when it comes to promotion timelines and regions that will be worked (having a good manager and territory/product will decided whether you succeed or fail here)

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5.0
Jun 4, 2026
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Pros

Plenty of opportunity to earn well over $100,000.00 with Standby pay and OT. Plus, mileage reimbursement of $.70 a mile.

Cons

Sometimes tedious work below what I would consider for an experienced FE such as hard drive destruction bin audits and checking in equipment.

4.0
Oct 21, 2014
Recommend
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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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