Re: [OT] It must be the end of Oracle's fiscal year when ...
- From: Dba DBA <oracledbaquestions@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: jkstill@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 07:46:07 -0400
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@xxxxxxxxx> 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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