Salesforce reviews

It does not pay to have integrity at this company. You'll do well if you can smile and say "everything is fine" while the building you're in is actively burning to the ground. I was sent on multiple interviews for a position within the company in a department that I wanted to transfer to before being told they would not actually hire me and were just sending me on the interviews for reasons completely unknown to me. To be clear, there was a hiring freeze already in place and they STILL wanted me to interview more with no actual plan to hire/transfer me. The "Family First" policy is garbage. They said this motto about a million times when I worked there. When I needed it so I could care for my family member (My fiancee needed major back surgery), I was told this would not be a problem, was later told this was a major problem and she wasn't family, and then, after we got married, no one checked to see what I said about us being married was true. To be clear, Salesforce wanted to tell me who could be my family but then didn't care if it was actually true in the end. I could have lied and had the wedding we actually wanted and had been planning, instead of rushing to get married at the courthouse so I could get the leave and she could get the surgery on schedule. There doesn't seem to be a strong decision-making process. I was sent on retreats I didn't need to go on to hang out with people I never saw or communicated with while I needed to be at home to handle important matters. I was told this trip was imperative and I couldn't miss it. When I got there, no one knew what the trip was for and it turned out to just be drinking and games and a pep rally or two. A complete waste of valuable time.

BUT... The three T's applies here... Territory, Timing and Talent. Salesforce deliberately assign miniature territories and switch them up annually. It forces reps to be hungry, desperate even when you only have a year to close the account. Heaven forbid one of the two accounts that you are assigned goes bankrupt/is acquired/has a spending freeze that year... you're going to sit on the sidelines for a year and hope that you get a decent account the following year in the 'Carve'. If that doesn't work out... you're gone. I've seen literally dozens of top performers getting turfed due to this circumstance. Sales is a rough game sometimes and it's brutal at Saleforce. Great place to work but be careful and do your homework before signing on with them.