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Salesforce is the global leader in CRM, bringing companies and customers together in the digital age. Founded in 1999, Salesforce enables companies of every size and industry to take advantage of powerful technologies—cloud, mobile, social, voice, and artificial intelligence—to connect to their customers in a whole new way. Companies trust Salesforce to help them transform their businesses around the customer in this digital-first world. read more
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Salesforce Company Culture

Salesforce Culture

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A+
4.6/5

Awards

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Salesforce CEO

Top 5%Top 5% of Similar Size Companies on Comparably
Marc Benioff Salesforce's CEO
Marc Benioff
87 /100

Mission, Vision, & Values

Founded in 1999, Salesforce is the global leader in Customer Relationship Management (CRM). Companies of every size and industry are using Salesforce to transform their businesses, across sales, service, marketing, commerce, and more by connecting with customers in a whole new way. We harness technologies that can revolutionize companies, careers, and, hopefully, our world. Salesforce is built on a set of five core values: Trust, Customer Success, Innovation, Sustainability, and Equality. By making technology more accessible, we're helping create a future with greater opportunity and equality for all. This has taken our company to great heights, including being named one of the FORTUNE "100 Best Companies to Work For®" 2020 — 14 years in a row.

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Salesforce Culture At a Glance

Salesforce has 56600 employees. 597 employees at Salesforce have reviewed Salesforce across various culture dimensions, providing their opinions on items ranging from executive ratings to the pace at work. The latest review was months ago.

Overall, the 597 Salesforce employees give their leadership a grade of A+, or Top 5% of similar size companies on Comparably. This includes specific ratings of their executive team, CEO, and manager.

Employees at Salesforce are pleased with their total compensation at Salesforce, which includes a combination of pay, stock and equity, and benefits.

Overall, employees at Salesforce are extremely happy with their team. 597 Participants grade the quality of their coworkers an A+. The majority believe the meetings at Salesforce are effective, and the majority look forward to interacting with their coworkers.

The majority of employees at Salesforce believe the environment at Salesforce is positive. Most Participants believe the pace of work at Salesforce is comfortably fast. About 59% of the employees at Salesforce work 8 hours or less, while 2% of them have an extremely long day - longer than twelve hours.

Overall, the employees at Salesforce are extremely happy, based on their aggregated ratings of future outlook, customer perception, and their excitement going to work.

A Day in the Life
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Salesforce employees generally work 8.8 hrs a day
Work Hours
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Employees at Salesforce report the work pace is comfortably fast
Work Pace
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On a typical day, employees at Salesforce have 4+ meetings
Meetings
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91% of Salesforce employees look forward to interacting with their team every day
Coworkers
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Salesforce employees most often take unlimited paid vacation and sick days each year
Perks & Benefits
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76% of Salesforce employees report they are happy with their work life balance
Work Life Balance
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Salesforce employees typically get valuable feedback on how to improve at work Every Week
Feedback
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88% of Salesforce employees call their work environment positive
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How often do you have lunch away from your desk?

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  • rarely. If you work outside of San Francisco, there is zero consideration for your schedule when others schedule meetings, or set...

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How's the vacation policy at Salesforce?

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  • There is a minimum of 15 days PTO every calendar year in addition to company holidays. There is an additional 5 discretionary days available...

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why do ppl usually leave your company?

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  • Managers manage up, and leave engineers to act on their poorly defined whims. Most people I've seen have left due to frustrations and low...

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What are you most excited about working at Salesforce?

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  • Opportunities for professional growth and income potential.

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How's the morale at Salesforce?

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  • Very low if you are tech, but Sales groups it seems ok.

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What's the interview process like at Salesforce?

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  • moderately difficult, not as hard as google

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H1B Visa

In 2019, Salesforce applied for 1299 H1B visas. Of the work permits applied for, 95% were approved, 3% certified-withdrawn, and 1% withdrawn.

An in-depth look at ‘Certified-withdrawn’ H1B applications at Salesforce unveil that 17 approved work permit applications were withdrawn before the employee’s start date, and 37 were withdrawn by Salesforce after the employee’s start date.

Work Permit Application Outcome

Salesforce has a total of 56600 employees

1299
Total Applied
  • 95% Granted (1236 out of 1299)
  • <1% Denied (9 out of 1299)
  • 1% Withdrawn Application was withdrawn by the employer before approval/rejection (17 out of 1299)
  • 3% Certified-Withdrawn Application was approved but later withdrawn by employer (37 out of 1299)

This data was calculated using publicly sourced data from OFLC Performance Data

Gender Score How positively women rate their overall experience at Salesforce

top 10% Gender

Salesforce currently ranks in the Top 10% of similarly sized companies on Comparably

Diversity Score How positively minorities rate their overall experience at Salesforce

top 10% Diversity

Salesforce currently ranks in the Top 10% of similarly sized companies on Comparably

eNPS

Net Promoter Score tracks your employees' overall score to this question: "On a scale from 0-10, how likely are you to recommend working at your company to a friend?"
Top 5%Top 5% of Similar Size Companies on Comparably
48
eNPS Score
63%Promoters
22%Passives
15%Detractors

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    80 / 100
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    79 / 100
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    78 / 100
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