At the end of the day, even with awesome results and giving every ounce of energy, commitment and passion to a company, you start to realise that you’re just a number to Salesforce. New leaders come in and focus on managing up the chain to further their careers rather than motivating and inspiring their teams. Worse still is that Salesforce thinks they’re doing a great job. Despite continuing to deliver massive success for the company, I started to experience the presence of huge egos and selfishness that went beyond anything I’d ever experienced in a company before. The treatment of some staff around me was shocking and the whole Ohana I used to believe was real was falling apart across the whole sales team. I decided to leave and can honestly say that it’s saved me and rescued my belief in how a business should be run. Customer success and trust are no longer the core values, it’s growth no matter what the price to employees. Big companies can still fail and if you don’t start to realise that many of your people are incredibly unhappy, the continuous growth you once saw will start to slow down. Don’t get me wrong, I think the top level leadership team is amazing but it’s the people in the middle who are really letting Salesforce down.
