Is Salesforce a good company to work for as a Software Engineering Architect?

Software Engineering Architect professionals working at Salesforce have rated their employer with 4.4 out of 5 stars in 101 Glassdoor reviews. This is a higher than average score with the overall rating of Salesforce employees being 4.0 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Engineering Architect Jobs at Salesforce now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Engineering Architect interview questions at Salesforce .

Does Salesforce pay Software Engineering Architect employees well?

Software Engineering Architect professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Salesforce with 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 101 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 4.5% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Engineering Architect salaries at Salesforce.

How happy are Software Engineering Architect professionals working at Salesforce?

87% of Software Engineering Architect employees at Salesforce would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has increased by 26% in the past 12 months. Software Engineering Architect professionals have also rated Salesforce with a 4.4 rating for work-life-balance, 4.3 rating for diversity and inclusion, 4.3 rating for culture and values and 4.2 rating for career opportunities.

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What are the pros of working at Salesforce according to real employee reviews?

"Many might have told about all the great benefits salesforce offers and everything is true :" ((in 2901 reviews)); "Salesforce promotes a great culture as a company and that is reflected in the employees' interactions at the company" ((in 2838 reviews)); "They hire a great bunch of people and generally people in SFDC are smart and team players." ((in 1648 reviews)); "Good Work life balance and OOM" ((in 1358 reviews)); "fun to work for and the poeple are nice plus pay is good" ((in 1005 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Salesforce according to real employee reviews?

"Managers are bad and rude here" ((in 458 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs and an unstable job environment can lead to job insecurity and disrupt career stability." ((in 399 reviews)); "Long hours (depending on which team you support) but generally speaking it's long hours and sometimes odd hours" ((in 132 reviews)); "Our upper management forced us to come in to the office the day before a major Holiday and is routinely cruel for sport." ((in 82 reviews)); "Can be political and some roles or areas get lost in the size and lots of middle management." ((in 76 reviews))

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4.4

87% would recommend to a friend

(101 total reviews)

Marc Benioff

91% approve of CEO

79% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.5

Compensation and benefits

4.4

Work/Life balance

4.3

Culture & values

4.3

Diversity & inclusion

4.2

Career opportunities

3.8

Senior management

Software Engineering Architect employees have rated Salesforce with 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 101 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineering Architect professionals have an excellent working experience there. Salesforce is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineering Architect professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

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101 reviews

1.0

Oct 12, 2017

David has become Goliath the bully

Software architect

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Salesforce has become a market leader in SaaS and CRM. They have considerable recognition and clout, with an impressive growth rate.

Cons

Salesforce is a marketing company that happens to make software. That applies to employees as well. They market great culture and perks, but have become the big bully they once rallied against. Management in professional services violated both their own travel policies and technical best practices in an effort to upsell customers. Stress and drinking encouraged by the team drove me to a nervous breakdown and medical leave. During this leave, management continued to berate me for not checking company email against medical advice. I left to work for a consulting partner with a 30% pay increase, so even their money wasn't actually worth their poor treatment.

3.0

Jul 10, 2017

Good, but not "Great"

Architect

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Generally a great place to work (not as good as they'd like to think though!) and truly the best place to learn and be close to the Salesforce technology. Good pay and benefits; overall package. Some nice perks.

Cons

Very little interaction between business units makes for 'villages' in the main office. Lots of pressure on sales roles. More focus on sales than technology. Not being 'customer first'. Not a clear career progression path. Seemed to be much more about who you know than acting as a meritocracy. More effort should be put into making Salesforce a great place to work than there is making Salesforce *look like* a great place to work. Glossy brochures don't make up for the fact that you can't view payslips online. But the single worst part of working for Salesforce is the lack of an engaged HR department. So-called "Employee Success" are distant, hard to reach and ultimately unhelpful. From out of date processes (including faxes!) to archaic procedures and the simple fact that they don't engage on Chatter (the company's primary collaboration tool) at all. They hide behind group emails and a poorly implemented ticketing system.

5.0

Apr 11, 2017

great company

Solutions architect

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

great perks, company cares about non-company issues that matter, great at giving back, great work-life balance

Cons

sometimes job can be slow

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