Salesforce reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(22,581 total reviews)
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Marc Benioff

79% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

Salesforce has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 22,581 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Salesforce employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the IT (Information Technology) industry (3.9 stars).

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3.0
May 11, 2017

Great company with some terrible senior leaders

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Pros

Company values and commitment to giving back to the community. There are many well-meaning and passionate leaders who support and enable a corporate positive and enlightened corporate culture. There are several departments that truly embody the wonderful aspects of the company, collaboration, work/life balance, philanthropy, employee development, and innovation. The company has a good perspective on reasonable employee amenities, providing a good work environment without creating an entitled workforce. The benefits and compensation are average for the industry.

Cons

Bad managers thrive creating terrible and deep differences between departments and culture. Extremely difficult for an employee to seek help or remediation from bad situations - "star" executives trump any negativity surrounding them. No performance management process which leads to discretionary and highly subjective annual reward and comp process. No long term plan and huge disconnects between finance, real estate, and business groups. Rapid employee growth without thought leading to high OpEx and zero profit.

2.0
Mar 10, 2017
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Pros

Great products and vision for adding more.

Cons

All comms are mktg comms, incl EE comms. Reality doesn't match the hype. Corporate culture (Ohana) embraces liberal politics and public shaming. Company is a vehicle for the CEO's cult of personality, which results in groupthink. Success depends more on popularity, corporate politics, and self-promotion than on merit. Advancement requires enthusiastic adoption and practice of Ohana, including the liberalism, which creates more groupthink.

2.0
Jan 16, 2017

Hit or miss..

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Pros

-Working with some great individuals -Lots of perks such as benefits, healthcare, pensions, etc -Pay is in line with the current market

Cons

-Lots of middle management are poor at their jobs -Not enough mentoring or knowledge within middle management -Full of politics -Some really shady practices in middle management with managing subordinates, 'mentoring', etc

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