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salesforce.com – “A lot of light - a lot of shadow

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Apr 1, 2009

2.0

salesforce.com Director Marketing in San Francisco, CA:   (Current Employee)

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

Comments (3)

Apr 11, 2009

by SF_DEAN:

Beware of the people in this company, they will twist you, backstab you and talk non stop behind your back to boost their own egos. This is an extremely dangerous place to work.
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Apr 13, 2009

by ex_employee:

Don't piss off your boss. They'll just replace you with with a cheaper H1-B contractor... it happened to me.
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May 12, 2009

by fomb:

Very high burn out culture and managers are taught how to pick out people who are burning out and get rid of them. Part of the reason they go after 25 year olds since most of us in our 30s would rather not work weekends, nights and have better balance. Some positions here may have better hours, but if you are involved in the actual business, its doubtful.
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