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eNPS Score
Q&A With Salesforce Employees
At Salesforce, we've built a culture of trust. We keep our culture healthy and strong by being incredibly intentional about our Ohana, our values, our behaviors, and the experiences we deliver. Our culture makes us one of the most innovative, admired, and best places to work in the world.
How employees describe working at Salesforce
Team collaboration and interacting with business
Review from HR Dept
Working on exciting projects with wonder people delivering excellent products.
Review from IT Dept
Cooperation and supportive tendency of the team is really appreciated
Review from Customer Success Dept
everybody is so collaborative and helpful.
Review from IT Dept
I feel like a valued member of the team. Salesforce is family and I am grateful to provide meaningful work.
Review from HR Dept
What it's like to work at Salesforce
- Salesforce employees generally work 9.0 hrs a day
- Employees at Salesforce report the work pace is comfortably fast
- On a typical day, employees at Salesforce have 4+ meetings
- 95% of Salesforce employees look forward to interacting with their team every day
- Salesforce employees most often take 20-30 paid vacation and sick days each year
- 85% of Salesforce employees report they are happy with their work life balance
- Salesforce employees typically get valuable feedback on how to improve at work Once a month
- 92% of Salesforce employees call their work environment positive
Q&A With Salesforce Employees
IDX: 25 TOT: 136
Do you get any feedback or praise for your accomplishments?
We use a cool app that we've made to provide regular feedback back and forth from manager to employee and reversed.
yes its touted internally when you hit big deals
Salesforce is nice company with good pay
Does Informatica have any remote positions?
Yes, depending on your job. I initially started full-time at the office and had to move 1 year later by which time everyone was ok with me working remotely (this was before the pandemic). We are now at a hybrid model (again, depending on your job and the needs). My team is spread across the world so I only go to the office for special events. Job descriptions will give you an initial expectation to be met but this can change over time.
no, it is not allowed in the team work in Canada
What is the company mobility like at Informatica?
Company is at the same place in RWC for quite some time
Not encouraged enough
What is the PTO policy at Salesforce?
Unlimited
some levels have unlimited PTO (because it's difficult to actually go on PTO)
What's the internship program like at Salesforce?
Amazing! One of the best summer internships.
It's competitive and cutthroat.
What's the work from home policy like at Salesforce?
Varies a bit by role but generally work from home is accepted and encouraged
It's not as flexible as they pretend.
Why work for Salesforce?
Good benefits
I would say it's not worth working for Salesforce, go work anywhere else, moral in Tech is horrible, with micromanaging Diva's that are only interested in furthering their own management career, and do little to actually help and manage their individual teams.
Does Salesforce have a Veteran outreach policy?
Yes
Yes
How flexible is your work schedule at Salesforce?
very
My hours are moderately flexible- nobody is watching when I clock in and out, but I am also expected to be available to respond to critical customer cases as they are received.
What's one thing you wish you'd known before joining Salesforce?
how bad the culture really is
The tech stack is a monolith. The product releases to EVERY CUSTOMER 3 times a year. The scrum teams are "agile" but testing and releases are not.
What's the office layout like at Salesforce?
no privacy
open desks
How do I do well in an interview at Salesforce?
Be honest & have a point of view about your field of expertise. Too many interviewees just say what they think we want to hear & it makes all candidates sound the same. If you want to stand out enough to get hired, have a point of view. Also, make sure your on-site presentation is really polished & thought thru as it will set the tone for the conversations you'll have with many of the key interviewers.
Be smart and detail oriented with a good high level story of your practice area
How long do the interviews usually take at Salesforce?
4 month process
1 hour panel presentation, and five 1:1 & 1:2 meetings
How secure do you feel at your job at Salesforce?
Very Secure
Not at all since 30% of dept was cut with no warning, nothing based on performance, and the whole process was deeply impersonal and not Ohana at all.
How difficult is it to maintain a social life while in your job at Salesforce?
In our dept the work/life balance was pretty good. So no issues here at all.
Actually, when I was working at Salesforce in the early years we were a very tight knit group. We worked extremely well together and also spent most of our time outside of work together. To this day, we are all very close and supportive of each other in our work endeavors and personal lives.
How's the vacation policy at Informatica?
Flexible time off (i.e. unlimited with manager approval). There are reviews of usage yearly.
We have "unlimited" flexible time off. In reality that means you can take ~5ish weeks of sick/vacation time in a year before HR will notice (I think you get flagged in their system at 24 days off? Or 26?). Obviously your vacation time has be approved by your boss, and some are more relaxed about it than others.
What are you most excited about working at Informatica?
Informatica is the focal point of the digital transformation revolution sweeping through enterprises around the globe. Sounds too "corporatey"? Consider: Gartner ranks Informatica tops in six key data industry categories, which means we have the vision and the ability to execute. Forrester and others also rate us very highly. Informatica is a leader in SaaS; we began making the pivot to the Cloud long before other companies in this space, so we're further along on the journey than anyone else. We are the global leader in Enterprise Cloud Data Management. Over 7,000 customers on six continents. More than 1 Trillion transactions managed online per month. Informatica invests nearly $200MM per year in R&D, so we keep on innovating and releasing new product all the time. Our CLAIRE AI Metadata engine is a groundbreaking artificial intelligence tool that promises to accelerate the rate of discovery. Oh, and in the U.S. exempt employees get unlimited flexible time off.
Free snacks, food
What's the interview process like at Informatica?
DS, Algo, Databases, Performance related
Depends on the role and the location. R&D interviews in India can be a bear. Sales interviews in the U.S. go fairly easily. It's inconsistent, but overall good based on our candidate satisfaction surveys.
How's the work life balance at Informatica?
Informatica people work hard and play hard. So, while many in North America enjoy unlimited time off, the reality is that few employees abuse that perq because they have too much to do. The upside is that if you need to leave early for your family, or come in late because you had a doctor's appointment, no one raises an eyebrow.
Reasonable. Most people don't really do their jobs fully so I'm sure they have it quite easy.
What's the company culture like at Salesforce?
Toxic
Inclusive
How secure do you feel about your job? The company's future?
I feel secure in my job because no one will take the time to fire anyone.
Very secure.
Why do you feel undervalued and what would make you feel better about your compensation at Salesforce?
I was excited to see contractors got healthcare. When I dug deeper it was the high deductible health care only. That's pretty much useless.
I am a contractor, if I was an employee everything would be balanced
how long do you usually stay at the office
10 hours
9 hours
How can I get hired at Salesforce as a recent grad?
Apply
What kind of people does Salesforce like to hire?
Upbeat and full of energy. They are VERY customer focused
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Should I work at Salesforce?
65% of Salesforce employees would encourage their friends to become coworkers, whereas 24% are neutral and 11% would not recommend working at Salesforce to their friends.
| 65% | Promoters |
|---|---|
| 24% | Passive |
| 11% | Detractors |
