Ohana is lying, manipulating, backstabbing and offers zero work life balance. - Account Executive Salesforce Employee Review

1.0
30 Jun 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Great company to have on your resume. Culture seemed solid in 2021 and prior.

Cons

My manager from 2022-2023 was an ego maniac with an inferiority complex. I watched her degrade and tear down every person on our team and systematically terminate all but 2. She would create false narratives about her staff and sadly her boss believes she’s telling the truth. She has no desire to mentor or coach. Her boss actually told me 6 months ago that she was “done with me”. She would intentionally never give me public praise and only give criticism. It was the most toxic manager I’ve had in my 25 years of employment. When I attempted to report this, employee success said to talk to my manager directly and that they don’t take this kind of feedback. For 2 years I worked 50+ hours to keep up but was told I wasn’t allowed to work more than 43-45 a week. I asked our team how they were keeping up and everyone said they just accept they won’t get paid for their time. Management would regularly deny or say not to ask for a single day off, even if we had PTO available. They have been firing so many people, support internally and externally is declining so cases are regularly closed without resolution. unlike every other company, when you get fired, you are not given any paperwork, or way to audit your commissions or paycheck - or use your remaining benefits because HR is not willing to assist with those things. They do not do exit interviews and do not care that the culture within management is to lie and manipulate to get to the top. Salesforce is the gown up version of Mean Girls. I saw her retaliate against anyone who questioned or complained about her treatment.

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5.0
11 Jun 2026
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Pros

Pay, flexibility, benefits, advancement, development

Cons

Must remain in role for 12 month + for promotion opportunities.

4.0
9 Jul 2014
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Pros

I've spent over 8 years with Salesforce in various management and individual contributor roles, all customer or partner facing. Some of the pros: - vibrant, fast paced culture - smart, fun, aggressive colleagues - management is focused on latest tech trends and staying or becoming a leader for many of them - by and large, customers and partners are very positive about the technology - good benefits and perqs - hip urban culture at HQ - a chart-your-own-course mentality that rewards those who aggressively seek out the job they want and pursue it, or sometimes even create it

Cons

After my long tenure and many Dreamforce conferences, I'm nearly fried. To say the culture is fast paced and the focus is always changing is an understatement. The reason Salesforce always seems on top, and chasing the latest trend, and in the press, is because employees are expected to run harder, carry more, cheer loudly, and pivot constantly. It's the world's biggest startup in behavior. But at the same time, with the recent influx of top career sales leaders from Oracle and what appears to be a board-level mandate for doubling revenue, employees are being asked to do even more with even less, fill higher quotas with smaller territories, less help, and the big company bureaucracy is rearing it's ugly head. Worse still is the politics. When you hire a bunch of smart, aggressive people, and put them in an environment of outsized expectations, throw in a bunch of re-orgs and changing management, and sprinkle with uncertainty and constantly changing priorities, you inevitably get people back stabbing each other and throwing others under the bus to appear smarter and more worthy of promotion. The few at the top will get very, very rich. The rest will lose the sense of personal ownership and start to wonder why they've given up health and family

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It's not often that you get the opportunity to respond to a review 10 years in but your comprehensive and thoughtful review has managed to hold on as one of our most popular even a decade in :) It’s exciting to see that the things we love most about the Salesforce of today — super smart colleagues, being at the forefront of tech trends and establishing ourselves as leaders in the space, great benefits and perks to name a few — haven’t changed in the past 10 years. We acknowledge the challenges you faced, such as the pace, shifting priorities, and internal politics. Your advice on maintaining our foundational vision while avoiding big-company bureaucracy is helpful as we continue to grow as the #1 AI CRM. Salesforce is committed to balancing growth with employee well-being and staying true to our core values. We appreciate your insights and dedication over the years. Thanks again for your feedback!
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