A culture of fear, intimidation, and uncertainty — STAY AWAY
Pros
Good people, health & wellness benefits, many cool offices, employee resources. Great on to have on the resume when you inevitably leave or are laid off.
Cons
I joined Salesforce mid-COVID, when it was recognized as one of the best places to work (focused on employee wellbeing, culture, and doing the right thing), and it was, until late 2022/early 2023... Several massive layoffs (seemingly random - including top performers and people on vacation) took place when venture capital firms started buying up shares and making demands. Almost overnight, Salesforce became the opposite of the company it was known to be for the previous ~10 years. Salesforce is now just like any other megacorporation/cold call sweatshop - defined by a culture of fear, intimidation, and uncertainty. Sales quotas nearly doubled in a matter of weeks, with the apparent goal of pushing salespeople to either perform miracles, or quit because of the strain on their mental health. After an embarrassing, rambling, incoherent all-hands at the beginning of 2023, the "work from anywhere" nonsense that Benioff spouted for years is gone, as he chastises remote employees on a regular basis, and teams are reporting the intimidation tactics being used on them to force them into the office (5 days a week in-office, crippling micromanagement, threats of remote work in exchange for salary decrease, tracking badge swipes, etc). Promotion freezes and unattainable/absurd demands in exchange for promotions are all that remain for growth opportunities. Now, many salespeople are promoted, and receive no pay raise, just a greater workload, as Salesforce pushes a "you're lucky to be here" attitude (and don't even think about taking PTO without more intimidation and guilt trips weighing on your mental health). The vast majority of salespeople (other than those fleeing the company in droves) now fight each other for promotions as tickets out of Salesforce, as opposed to legitimate career growth. Employee morale is the lowest I've seen anywhere at any time in my career. Slack is a display of constant employee resentment towards leadership at every level, with near-monthly internal revolts (and leadership flip-flopping on poor decisions after being called out by their workers en masse). I have never worked at a company that displayed more disrespect to its own people, and illustrated what little value it holds for workers. All this in the span of ~10 months. Complete transformation. Do not come here. They're lying to you about everything.
