Salesforce reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(22,630 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 22,630 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 Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

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3.0
Sep 25, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

The character, culture, and quality of the individuals on the development teams at Salesforce are the best you'll ever find, willing to teach and mentor junior engineers to make the most of your potential.

Cons

I find the great team culture to be true in spite of rather than because of the fact the leadership is slow to react to a very dynamic and growing company space, and seems to be paralyzed to find or grow new leadership at the pace the company needs to grow. Because of this you have a lot of political jockeying at the top, with little regard for the individuals suffering from low touch leadership. A symptom of this behavior is the fact that the company is extremely top heavy, with half of the "directors" in the company having few to no direct reports under them. Additionally, good luck actually getting an effective interview at Salesforce, as the recruiting is the worst I've ever seen. Again this actually not the fault of the recruiters, but the hiring managers refusal to get out of the weeds and focus on their real job: building good teams.

2.0
Aug 5, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Decent pay, good benefits, flexible telecommuting policy, nice co-workers

Cons

Transitioning from start-up to big corporation, execs are young and eager to please parent company in Cali by kissing up while transferring the stress to employees. Zero tolerance for mistakes but not giving any warning sign until the last minute before they fire you. Due to poor location excellent employees are few and far between, so mediocre but ass-kissing people get to stay. Managers are all great players of politics. Employees don't dare to speak their mind just to keep their jobs in the "best" company of the area. Mid-level people managers have no clue in managing so resort to micromanagement. Typical "boys club" culture with no advancement opportunity for female. Only those who play well with their managers and drink the Salesforce cool-aid will thrive. The V2MOM is a joke as performance review has nothing to do with it, meaning delivering results doesn't mean you are good enough. Fear of mistakes and risk averse mindset is suffocating the humanity and innovation this company once had.

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