The WARN Act requires an employer to notify employees, in writing, 60 days before a layoff, and pay the employee for those 60 days, in addition to any severance the employee may be entitled to. Unfortunately, some employers attempt to circumvent the... — read more 

The WARN Act requires an employer to notify employees, in writing, 60 days before a layoff, and pay the employee for those 60 days, in addition to any severance the employee may be entitled to. Unfortunately, some employers attempt to circumvent the... — read more 

Anyone else getting banner adds of Salesforce products on this very page? I mean, really?

https://www.businessinsider.com/salesforce-activist-shareholders-elliott-changes-board-seats-slack-2023-1 .... It's a very real possibility that these investors could oust most, if not all, of Salesforce's board of directors in one go. And if that... — read more 

Well, so she says. Other leaders are also saying the same thing. Anyway, start looking for a new job in case you get the bullet!

"Salesforce is under pressure from activist investors, including Elliott Management, Starboard Value and Inclusive Capital due to lagging performance. As such, it's possible the MB-led company could be forced to cut headcount further or even sell... — read more 

We keep hearing about layoffs the same day the media gets the info. Outside of that, we know exactly nothing. That's not normal. Our management should be transparent and let us know what's going on as it's happening. At least we'd be able to prepare... — read more 

We are royally screwed now.

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2023/01/23/elliott-takes-multibillion-dollar-activist-stake-in-salesforce/

In the US: We'll pay employees during the full notification period (minimum 60 days). We'll also offer a severance package starting at 16 weeks salary plus two weeks for every additional year at Google, and accelerate at least 16 weeks of GSU... — read more 

U.S.-benefit-eligible employees will receive a variety of benefits, including above-market severance pay, continuing healthcare coverage for six months, continued vesting of stock awards for six months, career transition services, and 60 days' notice... — read more 

Especially after all the hard work you put in and were layedoff

After how badly these layoffs are being handled (yet again), and RTO mandates despite Salesforce telling the world they would never mandate RTO, does anyone still have trust in Salesforce? Anyone I speak to has lost motivation and trust in this... — read more 

Have a family member who works there on the presales side.

Say Principal level specifically

https://youtu.be/RPlN8fiZpKk

Sales teams to be affected, among others.

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-01-13/layoffs-tech-amazon-salesforce-recession-economy-jobs

https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/salesforce-ceo-blasts-worker-productivity-17708474.php I just read this article that left me in disbelief. It is interesting that the CEO is persistently pointing to remote work the main culprit for the drop in... — read more 

Anyone else on leave, being told by Salesforce that “no action is required”, yet is being treated like a laid off employee e.g access to Intranet and emails got cut off? Employees on parental leave are NOT protected from layoffs in the U.S. Yet... — read more 

https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2023/01/10/salesforce-warn-notice-layoffs-san-francisco.html?utm_source=sy&utm_medium=nsyp&utm_campaign=yh

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/salesforce-layoffs-at-its-home-base-in-san-francisco-number-in-the-hundreds-so-far-11673483862?siteid=yhoof2

It is unclear what the ideal employee is for Salesforce. It's obviously not a hard worker. This means that dedication to my work does not make my job any safer here.

Investment firm Bernstein downgraded the company, citing weakening financials. https://seekingalpha.com/news/3923616-salesforce-slips-bernstein-downgrade-overpriced-compared-to-peers

I know there is talk of more layoffs after year-end but I think that would be a full on management failure. It's proven and clear that doing multiple rounds of layoffs at an org has very negative effects - fear looms over remaining employees it... — read more 

I am a Tableau employee and we had an all hands call Monday. On that call they stated the next layoff will provide you with 9 weeks of pay and 3 weeks for every year you were employed. Benioff said minimum of 5 months. Does anyone know what is going... — read more 

The criteria by which they determine who should be laid off are completely wrong and without any logic, in my opinion. However, after the initial stress, frustration and panic after being laid off, I feel much better now. Perhaps it turns out... — read more 

My colleague blames himself for getting laid off because he thinks that perhaps he should have put more effort in order not to lose his source of income. I feel really bad for him but is it possible that someone who worked here for several years... — read more 

The way layoffs are managed is very bad. It seems to me that some very good employees were laid off, while brown-nosers survived. This company is very effectively acting against itself, isn't it? What kind of message does it send to those who... — read more 

If the aspiration of our leadership was to save the company, was there any other way to do it instead of laying good people off?

When is it going to be enough???

I was so annoyed by the leadership's fake empathy towards employees who were laid off. What did they do to prevent layoffs, or at least to reduce the number of impacted employees? I don't think they did anything. All they do is continuously lower... — read more 

I wonder how much of this is driven solely by Salesforce layoffs... https://edition.cnn.com/2023/01/08/tech/linkedin-popularity-growth/index.html

There is a rumor that tomorrow Tuesday Salesforce will announce another wave of layoffs in EMEA. Did anyone hear anything?

I know the US minimum. How does Canada's compare?

https://www.businessinsider.com/salesforce-ceo-benioff-compared-losing-people-to-layoffs-employees-dying-2023-1 who’s idea was it to have the terminations begin at 06:15 et/03:15 pt while most US staff were still sleeping. Metaphorically putting... — read more 

Is anybody else feeling survivor's guilt after the layoffs? I have a coworker who became a friend outside of work who was cut. He couldn't afford to get cut right now. He has already been looking for something new but he had no luck, which had him... — read more 

https://www.theregister.com/2023/01/06/microsoft_nadella_tough_years_ahead/ Salary will be reduce and positions to be reset to pre-Covid level