Salesforce reviews

* Salesforce is developing a hubris, similar to what I saw at Microsoft and other large companies. It smacks of "but we're salesforce, we're hot s***" - We're not listening as well as we should. There's a distinction between confidence and arrogance that is being missed. * Sometimes senior employees, those with 6 or 7 or more years with salesforce often exhibit the most narrow thinking about how to approach problems. There's a tendency to rely on what's worked before and apply the standard old salesforce playbook to new problems and challenges. This reinforces narrow thinking and devalues the experience of newcomers. *The headcount growth has negatively impacted the social and emotional intelligence of the organization. New hires sometime struggle to integrate into the culture and develop the healthy and authentic relationships that facilitate higher performance. They flounder and leave too soon. * There's a growing cognitive dissonance between the 'practice mindfulness' and 'work/life balance' that is preached and the pressure to do the work and volunteer more (56 hours a year). It generates cynicism. * The cost of living in the SF Bay Area is ridiculous

- Compensation is low relative to peer companies - Days can be long (11-12 hrs minimum) and, after ~1 year, provide diminishing marginal return from the same role (result of 11-12+ hours of the same thing every day) - Team is hierarchical, having lost any "startup" feel it had as a result of significant growth. Result is a more political environments - Career trajectory within company is undefined and getting narrower as team's growth slows and more management levels are introduced. Promotion periods have also been extended, with fewer opportunities for "moving up" as a result - Rapidly diminishing exposure to senior management - more of a "performance reporting and presentation creation" role for the managers on the team