Salesforce reviews

4.1

79% would recommend to a friend

(22,484 total reviews)
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Marc Benioff

80% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

Salesforce has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 22,484 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Salesforce employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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3.0
Mar 24, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Fast growth, smart people, new technology, legitimate focus on customers. a continual drive for innovation and "break-it" thinking to come up with new ways to serve customers and to be more efficient. usage of company products to run the company business - they "eat their own dog food." Their products are well done, and the customers genuinely love them - the annual user show is truly a love-in. The company is quickly building a real ecosystem, full of opportunities.

Cons

the environment can be political, you need to get the right people to support your initiatives and get your initiatives in alighment with the right people. there is definitely an arrogance that comes with the ongoing success - this leads to a "not invented here" syndrom, which means that you really need to pass on externally available solutions or vendors, they just won't fly. They haven't solved the customer support conundrum of "how many do we have to hire to take the customer's phone calls" - the products they design and delivery are generally excellent, but they don't "bake in" the customer support piece; they don't make the product managers take ownership of the successful customer adoption of the technology (through the complete lifecycle.) The internal systems to manage the company's processes are in a constant state of change and are still primitive and in start-up mode - the management is committed to solving this, but this can be a source of frustration.

3.0
Mar 7, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Good salary, great product, casual atmosphere. Great potential, both for the company worldwide and for individual careers. Lots of freedom, e.g. in terms of telecommuting or transfers to other locations.

Cons

Constant changes of priorities, sometimes extremely high demands on employees' time, too much top-down communication. Orders are sometimes forced through the chain of command from top to bottom, even against heavy resistance. The contant struggle to get the day-to-day work done often doesn't allow time for strategic improvements. SFDC is still run as a very US-centric company. No enough global thinking on all levels in HQ.

4.0
Mar 6, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The location, the perks, and the salary make it a very competitive place to work. If you are on the engineering teams, then its definitely worth your time to learn everything as they are a very innovative company in everything that is done. The culture is very young as well if you are out of college, you will definitely make some good friends. Sometimes the work will be very heavy, but the perks and everything you more than pays off at the end. Its not a bad place to start a career, especially if you are doing engineering at salesforce.com

Cons

work life balance is nonexistent. The rapid fast iterations of new products and technologies make it very difficult to have some time off quickly. Stuff changes so quickly that you don't even know.

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