Re: [OT] It must be the end of Oracle's fiscal year when ...

From: Dba DBA <oracledbaquestions_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 07:46:07 -0400
Message-ID: <h2lf30139791004190446ie1cb4bc4r7187b2e908deb062_at_mail.gmail.com>

The economy is bad and sales people are on commission. Alot of companies put sales people on month to month commission, if you miss your quote for two months in a row you are fired. There is a hire/fire mentality in alot of sales positions. So if they are close to being fired they get desperate. Oracle is known to be a cut throat company to work for.

You can literally fly high one month with great sales and be fired 2 months later.

On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 2:14 PM, Jared Still <jkstill_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> ... when they don't stop calling you.
> (gotta stop answering the phone)
>
> ... and when "no", and "we cannot afford it even with steep discounts" are
> not acceptable responses.
>
> Oracle: "Can you schedule 30 minutes for me this afternoon to discuss this"
> Me: "Let me check on the pricing for that. There's no point in discussing
> it if over a certain threshold, even with steep discounts"
>
> Oracle: "Can you schedule 20 minutes for me this afternoon to discuss
> this"
> Me: "Let me check on the pricing for that. There's no point in discussing
> it if over a certain threshold, even with steep discounts"
>
> Oracle: "Can you schedule 10 minutes for me this afternoon to discuss
> this"
> Me: "Please send me the papers you mentioned and I will let you know if we
> can even discuss this after I check the pricing."
>
> Jared Still
> Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist
> Oracle Blog: http://jkstill.blogspot.com
> Home Page: http://jaredstill.com
>
>

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