Salesforce reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(22,561 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 22,561 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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5.0
Feb 1, 2012

An all-around great place to work.

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Pros

Work on cutting edge technology with the best and the brightest engineers. Salesforce.com also gives back to the community in a big way. Fortune's Best Companies to Work For: Salesforce.com is #27.

Cons

There are so many opportunities to learn and get involved in various initiatives, that it can easily take a lot of time from one's primary responsibilities.

5.0
Jan 31, 2012
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Pros

Great pay, good people. Successful company, interesting work. Very flexible. Very open culture with great internal communications system. Not averse to conflict, but communication is respectful. Willing to spend money when its needed. Truly agile, releasing every four months. Invest heavily in test automation.

Cons

Old, complex, monolithic code base. Very slow and buggy build and test automation system. Senior people accept the status quo. Little unit testing, test driven development and paired programming. Hiring process is slow and unreliable. Internal systems complex and fragmented.

5.0
Jan 30, 2012
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Pros

Salesforce is a very forward-thinking and progressive company. Pay is generous, and the company goes out of its way after you are hired to make you feel important. Orientation takes in place in San Francisco, and they'll fly you down there. Part of orientation involves volunteer work at a local charitable organization; in fact the company gives you an additional paid week off each year to devote toward volunteer work. Benefits are excellent, and include fitness expense reimbursement ($100/mo) in addition to full medical, health and dental. My division buys the entire office catered lunch twice a week, although that perk doesn't apply everywhere. Managers are fair, and don't ask their employees to work to exhaustion. The company is growing at a rapid pace, so there is plenty of room for growth and advancement. Finally, there is the name recognition that comes with working at a prestigious company. Salesforce. People in the IT world place it in the same category as Google and Apple. Even if you don't stick around long-term, it looks great on a resume.

Cons

Interoffice scuttlebutt is of course an issue, but it's not a problem unique to Salesforce by any means. In the division I am a part of, there is no formalized training or onboarding program, so the first couple weeks can be rough while you get acclimated. With all the growth, sales territories are constantly being moved around and this can make rapport building with clients difficult.

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