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Smart Team, Chaotic Growth

Software Development Intern
Former Employee
Worked at Salesforce for less than 1 year
August 24, 2015
San Francisco, California
5.0
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Pros

People: some of the smartest in the industry.

Perks: they shower you with perks, especially in engineering.

Location: Salesforce invests heavily in their real estate, and the prime locations really show.

Mobility: you have a ton of opportunities to move around in the org, especially if you're proactive.

Growth: Salesforce is growing at an insane rate for its size and still has a huge amount of market share left to capture. They'll be around for a while, and there are lots of opportunities for leadership.

Hardware: They invest heavily in your hardware, giving you top-of-the-line computers (especially for engineering).

Cons

Size/Growth: Because Salesforce has such a high priority on growth, things can seem chaotic at times, especially in engineering.

Becoming a Larger Company: As Salesforce grows, it matures, and the culture changes with it. There are more processes and less one-off discretion than there used to be.

Advice to Management

Keep executing against the company's V2MOM, but consider investing more in engineering resources and going deep rather than spreading thin.

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