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☆ Slack names longtime Salesforce executive Denise Dresser as new CEO
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-13 | by ( Ellen Thomas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Denise Dresser, a longtime Salesforce exec, will become the new CEO of Slack. AdvertisementAdvertisementSalesforce CEO Marc Benioff said Monday that Slack had named Denise Dresser as its next chief executive. Dresser, who has worked for Salesforce for 12 years, is president of accelerated industries at Salesforce. Salesforce said in August that its chief people officer, Brent Hyder, would leave to "pursue a new opportunity." To contact Ellen Thomas with insight or information about Slack or Salesforce, reach out at ethomas@insider.com or call/text (646) 847-9416 using the encrypted-messaging app Signal.

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☆ Salesforce CEO says he's 'always been a remote worker,' even though some of his employees have to return to the office
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-19 | by ( Will Gendron | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Salesforce's CEO opened up about remote work, saying that he doesn't "work well in an office." His comments come after Salesforce mandated some of its workers to return to the office. I've always been a remote worker my whole life," Benioff told MSNBC last week during Salesforce's annual Dreamforce conference. AdvertisementAdvertisementLike many companies, Salesforce embraced remote work during the pandemic. In June, Salesforce incentivized workers to return to the office by offering a $10 charity donation for each day an employee worked in person.

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☆ Salesforce isn't planning another 'major' round of layoffs and is hiring for critical roles, it says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Ellen Thomas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

CEO Marc Benioff says he's got no plans for another big round of cuts and hopes layoffs are done. So on this week's call, Benioff took time to thank and wax poetic on all the former Salesforce employees who returned to work at the company during its turnaround effort. Former chief business officer Ebony Beckwith, a longtime executive who led the company's philanthropic foundation, quietly exited Salesforce in June. "We're ramping up hiring for critical roles," a spokesperson for Salesforce wrote to Insider via email when asked for clarification on Benioff's comments. At the same time, if former and current Salesforce employees are feeling whiplashed — told to leave and then told to come back — it's because the message coming from the top is mixed.

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☆ Salesforce chief people officer Brent Hyder is leaving, internal message shows
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Ashley Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Salesforce Chief People Officer Brent Hyder is leaving the company. His exit was announced in an internal Slack message viewed by Insider. Salesforce Chief People Officer Brent Hyder is leaving the company, according to an internal message viewed by Insider. "It's with mixed emotions that I share Brent Hyder has decided to leave Salesforce to pursue a new opportunity," Chief Operating Officer Brian Millham wrote in an internal Slack message. I'm proud of all that we've accomplished together — within the company and within our communities," Hyder wrote in an internal message.

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☆ Salesforce quietly terminated the employment of a popular diversity executive
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Ellen Thomas | Ashley Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Salesforce quietly released diversity executive Jacalyn Chapman in May, sources tell Insider. The company told some employees Chapman's role was being eliminated, one of the people said. Salesforce is facing a discrimination lawsuit from another diversity executive. Salesforce terminated the employment of a popular diversity, equity, and inclusion executive in May, people familiar with the matter told Insider. Although the circumstances of her termination are unclear, one person said some employees were told her role was being eliminated.

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☆ Leaked Salesforce survey shows how 57,000 employees really feel about the company
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( Ashley Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Salesforce just shared results of its annual employee survey internally. The survey received responses from 57,000 employees and gauges general sentiment. Salesforce just shared the results of an employee survey in which 57,000 employees participated, the first such survey released after the company started mass layoffs earlier this year. The results show employees feel generally good about Salesforce when it comes to to the company's ethics, and generally concerned about retaining talented employees, their future at Salesforce, and how leadership decisions adhere to the company's core values. A Salesforce spokesperson confirmed the data to Insider and said, "Thanks to our employees, we've made tremendous progress on our company transformation.

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☆ After Salesforce's Chief People Officer offended some employees during a Pride event, the company edited his comments out of a recording and deleted a related Slack thread
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( Ashley Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Salesforce's Brent Hyder offended some employees during the company's LGBTQ+ Pride month kickoff. The company later removed Hyder's comments from a recording of the event and deleted a Slack thread about them. Because Salesforce removed the comments from the recording, Insider has not verified Hyder's exact comments and Salesforce repeatedly declined to provide Insider with a transcript of Hyder's comments. But according to people who heard them, Hyder made a number of controversial statements including that members of the LGBTQ+ community should compromise with opponents. "Allyship is a constant journey," Billy Lewis, a Salesforce employee who was global head of Outforce for four years, said in an interview arranged by Salesforce.

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☆ Marc Benioff says he has a successor. A leaked Salesforce org chart identifies the likely candidates.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-04 | by ( Ashley Stewart | Ellen Thomas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Marc Benioff's succession plan appeared to fall apart when co-CEO Bret Taylor resigned on Nov. 30. "I always have a succession plan," Benioff told Insider. A leaked Salesforce organizational chart identifies the likely candidates who are next in line. Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff says he has a successor in mind and a leaked Salesforce organizational chart identifies the likely candidates who are next in line. "I always have a succession plan," Benioff told Insider in an interview.

☆ Salesforce reduced a year-end 'gratitude' bonus for employees. Leaked messages show employee response: 'Record margins and 70% bonus. Hurts.'
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-07 | by ( Ashley Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Salesforce reduced an annual cash bonus meant to show "gratitude" to employees by 30%. On Wednesday, March 1, Salesforce reported "record high" adjusted operating margins of 22.5% during its last fiscal year and guided toward 27%. Fortune earlier reported on the bonus cut. "Record margins and 70% bonus. Are you a Salesforce employee or do you have insight to share?

☆ Salesforce insiders expect the sales teams to be hit with layoffs in February. Some say the company may cut an additional 10% later this year.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-13 | by ( Ashley Stewart | Ellen Thomas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Salesforce insiders are expecting layoffs to sales staff in February, after the fiscal year ends. Employees told Insider there has been chaos and confusion since Salesforce announced layoffs. Execs have repeatedly told employees, through emails and all-hands meetings, to expect rounds of layoffs to last for weeks, Insider reported. So Salespeople were largely untouched by the company's first round of cuts earlier this month, sources told Insiders. In November, Salesforce cut hundreds of people, many of them in sales, for what it referred to as performance-based reasons.

☆ Inside Salesforce's week from hell: Angry employees describe chaos, confusion and 'tone deaf' leaders as they fight for their jobs
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-07 | by ( Ashley Stewart | Ellen Thomas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

"We can't sleep at night," one employee told Insider. Senior vice presidents who were not themselves impacted were invited to a mandatory meeting, Salesforce said. "Can execs commit to never referring to Salesforce employees as 'family' again? "Ohana is far gone," one employee told Insider. Are you a Salesforce employee or do you have insight to share?

☆ In leaked all-hands meeting, Marc Benioff tells Salesforce staffers to expect staggered rounds of layoffs — but didn't say who will be next
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-05 | by ( Ellen Thomas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff held an all-hands Thursday discussing the company's ongoing layoffs. Benioff and other executives did not say which jobs will be cut or how many rounds there will be. Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff addressed staff in an all-hands meeting on Thursday for the first time after announcing the company would be cutting 10% of the workforce. But after the nearly two-hour long meeting, which included a question-and-answer session, rattled Salesforce staffers were left with more questions than answers, three employees present at the meeting told Insider. "We just hired too many damn people in the last year and a half," Benioff told staffers.

☆ Leaked audio: Salesforce execs cancel famously lavish holiday parties and dodge layoff questions while imploring workers to 'focus on delivering Q4'
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-13 | by ( Ellen Thomas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Salesforce chief people officer Brent Hyder addressed layoff rumors in a town hall meeting. Benioff did not join Tuesday's town hall, according to two Salesforce employees. In a Slack screenshot viewed by Insider, one Salesforce employee bemoaned a lack of transparency from management on the subject of impending layoffs. Salesforce also announced in the town hall meeting that it's cancelling holiday parties this year. Are you a Salesforce employee or do you have insight to share?

☆ Leaked Salesforce org chart shows the 12 most important execs under Marc Benioff and and outgoing co-CEO Bret Taylor
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-18 | by ( Matthew Lynley | Ashley Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Salesforce co-CEO and heir apparent Bret Taylor is leaving the company. A leaked organizational chart shows who the top execs under Taylor and Marc Benioff are now. A leaked Salesforce organizational chart viewed by Insider shows most of the company's top executives report directly to Taylor, and only two reporting to Benioff. That's compared to 2021, when Insider viewed an org chart that showed Benioff with 13 direct reports, including then-COO Bret Taylor. Read on for the details on how these 12 execs became the new leaders of Salesforce as co-CEO Taylor exits the company.

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