Demo Engineering (India) is not a good team to join in saleforce - Designer Salesforce Employee Review

1.0
Jun 18, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Salesforce as a company is really good, it has lot of employee benefit

Cons

-Director is not technical which means he will only judge you on how much you can flatter him/ He is very rude and manipulates our personal space. -They will tell people to bring expensive gifts and don't return the money. - Director firstly takes people who are not good in english and then insults them in public - Time schedule is 9-6 where reaching on 9 is compulsory but they try to make you work at late night/ Salesforce gives time to work for NGO but director plans it in a way that its on weekend to ruin your weekend. - HR (Hyderabad and Bangalore) is his friend so no complain can goes beyond these people. - They harassed people way too much (insulting in front of everyone, pressurized for exams, Community work, attending trainings, making PPT for director/managers work, etc all together. - Director has divided his task to all team members and watches videos in office - Director and manager with his HR friends are always out for lunch (which I feel was our team's budget) and take us out once or twice to a really cheap place, infact we are not allowed to go out for lunch because according to director it is waste of time. - If you are away from your desk for more than 15 min, you will get messages and calls asking where are you and come back soon. -Get leaves approved by director is such a pain, he converts your sick leave into annual. - Recently they started dutching money everyweekend and take people for pubbing where they drink alot and half of the team doesn't drink, so they drink from employees money -If you think you can get transfer within salesforce to another team, it will take you minimum 2 years and only if you can flatter the Director by giving details of employees which he can use against each of the member of the team when he wants to, come by 9 to office, do his PPT, keep notes of everybody's time, and all demoralizing stuff only then transfer can start. There are so many things, in short Director is psycho and wants to control everything, he shows things differently to Tod(manipulates content).

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Salesforce Response
7y
Thank you for taking the time to leave this feedback. The management behaviors you've described in your review are concerning and not at all aligned with our values. Even though you are a former employee, if you feel comfortable, we would appreciate it if you could contact EthicsPoint at 1-866-294-3540 (toll-free) or online at http://www.salesforce.ethicspoint.com/ to provide additional details. Doing so will help us work to directly address the concerns you raise in your review and ultimately make the workplace better for everyone.

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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

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Salesforce Response
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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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