Salesforce.com – “A lot of light - a lot of shadow”

Pros

It is great to be working for a company that profoundly changed the Software industry
There are outstanding people from many different companies with different backgrounds
It is truely inspiring tro be working with customers who love the product
Employees are young, motivated and aggressive

Cons

Highly political - not performance, but connections matter at salesforce
No management culture - everyone really is an individual contributor
No teamwork - although there is a lot of partying, everyone fights alone for himself
Lots of Internal surveys, but no one has the guts to stand up and address the underlying issues

Advice to Senior Management

Grow up!
Hire some people who can foster teamwork and have real leadership skills
Powerpoint skills are not enough to take responsibility for managing people