Pros: Intelligent people, amazing culture, and significant impact in a lot of exciting fields in technology. The benefits are great, and the leadership truly cares about the customers and employees.

Cons: You won't get the start-up culture some smaller companies have, and as a company grows, so does the bureaucracy. The dynamic nature of the product makes it hard to focus on innovation rather than legacy and integration.

Pros: The culture here is fantastic. I'm actually excited to go to work every morning. My coworkers never cease to impress me, and that's not limited to my engineering cohorts. Technical and non-technical people across the company are phenomenal at their jobs. The benefits are excellent, ranging from your fairly typical health insurance and stock options to free catered meals, train passes, and a sizeable monthly housing stipend for living within 3 miles of the main office in Palo Alto. On top of that, the company listens to its employees and acquires things people want. For example, recent acquisitions included a foosball table and a new cold brew kegerator.

Cons: Honestly, the only downside I've been able to come up with is that they don't allow dogs. The relationship back to SFDC core isn't perfect (more stringent security and trust requirements), but as a multi-billion dollar company with multi-million dollar contracts that rely on the integrity of secure customer data, I can understand that.

Pros: It was a good company before Salesforce.

Cons: A bad contractor offer for outside employees.