Salesforce reviews

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.

Managers can make or break your work environment - ultimately people usually leave due to mismanagement and in my case, due to being taken advantage of, manipulated and bullied. Psychological safety is a term thrown around at Salesforce - it means nothing when the people who are meant to champion and protect you are the ones abusing their place. My manager simply didn’t work, she was hard to contact and I only saw her in the office when someone more senior was visiting (sucking up to the boss). Of course, she had no trouble taking credit for my work or blaming me for things she was meant to do. She made me feel tiny and insignificant to the point of feeling ill before having to meet via video chat (where she would dial in from random places where she was ‘working’). The worst part is that our SVP was aware of this, yet here we are. If you can find a gem of a manager and a team who will fully support you, great. Get it on your CV then get out. But don’t be fooled by the awards and marketing - it’s fake and you’ll slowly see through the cracks.