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Currently a Solutions Consultant at Pegasystems.
I am interviewing at and considering making a jump to Oracle as a Specialist Solutions Consultant.
The reason for my move is currently at Pega SCs are treated more as AEs or Account Managers. The role at Oracle would be more of a true SC position. I also feel that Oracle will look BETTER on a resume and someone as young as me would have BETTER programs in place to train me and give me the foundation needed to be a successful SC.
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My favorite is “your performance was 5/5 this year but I’m only allowed to give out X amount of 5’s, Y amount of 4’s, etc., so I’ve got to make you a 4 this year!…”😒 sorry OP I’d be fuming
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I’m honestly not even mad, I’m just disappointed.
Good lord I would be enraged, I'm sorry OP.
That's not fair! I'd raise my concerns about that. It's so subjective to hold someone to that standard.
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“That’s just how it is” is generally the feedback we get with our concerns.
Managing 101. There's always room for improvement. Dangle that carrot just out of reach, because no one gets a perfect score. I absolutely hate that. I've never known anyone to ever get a perfect evaluation. I get there's room for improvement, but this system is broken.
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And if you do become perfect at your job, then your job duties are expanded.
That’s a manager you need to get away from. That sort of talk is great when you’re setting goals and the such. Not acceptable when it affects money.
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Update, I found out this bonus applies to everyone NOT on the sales team. So I don’t get this bonus + I only got 25% of my OTE bonus for 2023. And here I was thinking I was going to be able to treat myself for once 🙃
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Usually I wouldn’t expect it, but it was an extra one time bonus based on a recent large investment into the company.
As for the 25%, yeah, it’s because a lack of overall deal inflow. Almost every client I’ve demoed to has bought the solution.
I would be like well what did you get? You have room for improvement as well.