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Was great. Now the chaos we used to thrive on is making it hard to grow up

Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Salesforce for 4 years
August 23, 2014
San Mateo, California
3.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

Responds quickly to change, with lots of energy in R&D to find new and better ways of doing things. Tuning into metrics to find problems and fix them. Killer pay and benefits, and they actively refresh these every year.

Cons

Lots of women leaving the company (some forced out).

Perhaps the women here get tired of being judged weak if cooperative, bossy if strong.

Unclear how many people understand the issue is not a "fix the women" problem.

Advice to Management

Help your middle managers understand their leadership role.

Ship feels slightly adrift, which always attracts sharks.

Don't be fooled by direct reports who are good at "managing up." Look at basic metrics and overall patterns.

Confirmation bias is a real threat at this stage, and we're more susceptible than the average company to ingroup bias because fifteen years ago, we did something no one else did.

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