In our organization, Head of IT infrastructure acts as a contact, but, as in
your case, the reps also call other people across the organization to build a
relationship and market their products. It’s not specific to Oracle, other IT
vendors are similar. Sales people seem under pressure to reach their targets,
so they use every opportunity to get their foot in the door. Because of high
staff turnover on their side, it’s impossible to have fair communication rules.
I’ve been getting phone calls, e-mails and LinkedIn invitations from random new
hires, which can get time consuming if left unmanaged.
Meanwhile, I’ve found an effective way to protect my time. If I get a phone
call, I initially explain, as polite as I can, that I generally don’t get
involved in unsolicited communication about non-technical matters. Further, I
simply don’t answer marketing e-mails. Neither do I accept Linked invitations
from non-technical people I don’t know.
These rules might sound extreme, but they have really helped eliminate the
noise and allowed me to better focus on my work.
Best regards,
Nenad
From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf
Of Jeff Chirco
Sent: Mittwoch, 10. März 2021 03:30
To: oracle-l-freelist <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Oracle Sales Rep - who deals with them in your Org
Ok so my question here is about how high up in your organization do your Oracle
reps deal with. For us especially when we get new reps they are constantly call
and email my Director and VP. At my company me as the Lead DBA is the only one
who deals with the sales rep. My directory and VP have no interest in talking
to these reps and they get irritated at their constant messages
How is it at your company, are your Director/VP/CTO/CIO involved with the reps?
Just curious how things are at other places.
I always try to tell the reps to only contact myself but that only lasts for so
long.
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