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Marc Benioff

79% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

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1.0
May 16, 2025
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Pros

The company has a great reputation in the market so it's not difficult to get appointments. It's always easier to sell a product that has a #1 marketshare.

Cons

This place is a nightmare. The sales culture is toxic. They don't care about what's actually good for customers, they only care about what's good for the company. Managing a global customer with a $35M+ annual contract, leadership REQUIRED me to go to the customer at month end and beg for $10,000 orders. How are you supposed to be taken seriously asking for peanuts like that? I could go on and on..... there are a million examples like this. As for management, I had 7 managers in a 2.5 year span of time....7!!!!!!! You can't develop a relationship or get any help when you barely know your boss. Management is full of micromanagers too. Why pay your employees so much money if you tell them everything they need to do? Go hire kids straight out of college if you want someone to "mold," don't hire experienced professionals then tell them how to do every facet of their job. Finally (for now), the High Performance Culture is just a smoke screen. It gives leadership a green light to monitor metrics you don't even realize you are being measured against. It allows them to fire anyone at the drop of a hat. I couldn't support any good, self-respecting professional sales rep to work for SF. They are truly the picture of corporate greed....they are the devil.

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Thank you for taking the time to share your experience. We're glad to hear you found value in our market reputation and the strength of our product — those are things we’re incredibly proud of. We’re genuinely sorry to hear that your experience with our sales culture and management structure didn’t meet expectations. We understand that frequent leadership changes and misalignment around priorities can be frustrating, especially for experienced professionals. Your feedback about micromanagement and the balance between internal reporting and customer focus is important, and we’ve shared it with our leadership and employee experience teams. We’re continuously working to create a culture that also supports autonomy, professional growth, and trust. While we may not always get it right, reviews like yours help us reflect and improve. We appreciate your candor and wish you all the best in your future roles.
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