Salesforce is bringing generative AI to CRM, pledges huge investment Generative AI security and privacy measures are coming to Salesforce, as it announced the doubling of its funding. TechRadar · Jun 13, 2023
Salesforce says it will pay for its employees to be in the office Salesforce hopes to raise more than $1 million for charity simply by rewarding workers for being in the office. TechRadar · Jun 13, 2023
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff says we're not going to stop A.I. from making stuff up A.I. tools like ChatGPT continue to generate false and incorrect information. Fortune · Jun 13, 2023
Salesforce Tries To Lure Workers Back To Office With A $10 Charity Challenge Bringing employees back to the office after the COVID-19 pandemic has proved to be a challenge for companies. Zenger · Jun 8, 2023
Salesforce is luring workers back to office with $10 per day to local charities A Salesforce executive told staff that for each day they come into the office from June 12 to June 23, the company will donate $10 to a local charity. Fortune · Jun 6, 2023
Salesforce is saying it's controversial 'performance culture' contributed to strong earnings result The pressure on performance at Salesforce has been ramping up since the pandemic—and it shows no signs of slowing. Fortune · Jun 1, 2023
Salesforce picked one of its own execs to become Slack’s CEO. Now she’s patching up a $27.7 billion marriage Brazilian-born Microsoft alum Lidiane Jones has a wealth of experience in navigating culture clashes. Fortune · Jun 1, 2023
Marc Benioff's dinner with 'neighbor' Sam Altman Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff tells wary investors about next steps for the company's A.I. ambitions, and about his 'neighbor,' OpenAI founder Sam Altman. Fortune · Jun 1, 2023
Is ‘shareholder supremacy’ driving the layoffs in tech? Listed firms put their shareholders first when making decisions even if it leaves employees susceptible to job cuts. Al Jazeera · May 17, 2023
American worker productivity is declining at the fastest rate in 75 years—and it could see CEOs go to war against WFH EY-Parthenon's Gregory Daco reveals what's going on with the American worker's worst slump of the post-World War II era. It's not all about remote work, he says. Fortune · May 5, 2023
Nobody wants to give you criticism over Zoom, and it's hurting your career Software engineers at a Fortune 500 tech firm got more and better feedback when they went into the office, a huge new study found. Like, a lot more. Fortune · Apr 25, 2023
Weenies are back on the menu for Silicon Valley In the "Year of Efficiency," executives could take a page out of Microsoft's infamous "Shrimp and Weenie" memo. Fortune · Apr 5, 2023
Over 150,000 people have been let go so far this year. Are layoffs a confession of bad management? If 2023 is “the year of efficiency,” what were the CEOs of Meta, Amazon, and others doing in all those previous years? Fortune · Mar 30, 2023
‘I’m willing to take the bullets': Marc Benioff says he can juggle empathy, cost cuts, and layoffs as he doubles down on efficiency at Salesforce Can Benioff maintain a “we’re family” culture amid tough times? Fortune · Mar 30, 2023
Fortune · Mar 26, 2023 Salesforce pulls the plug on Future Forum research group When Future Forum launched in 2020, its head wrote that “the sudden move to remote work provides the opportunity to question decades of orthodoxy about a 9-to-5, office-centric, homogeneous work culture.”
Fortune · Mar 22, 2023 The top 3 initiatives your CEO wants to see in your talent strategy When it comes to talent strategy, CEOs are focused on performance, productivity, and reducing spending in 2023.
Fortune · Mar 15, 2023 Zuckerberg asks workers to 'find more opportunities' to work in-person Zuckerberg encouraged employees to “find more opportunities to work with your colleagues in person.”
Fortune · Mar 7, 2023 Tech sector has gone from its ‘best year’ to the verge of a recession It’s been a stark reversal for tech companies’ fortunes over the past two years, and it could get even worse.
Fortune · Mar 7, 2023 Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff says some workers 'do better' in the office Yet Benioff, who criticized office mandates last June, says he doesn't want to "force" people back to in-person work.
Fortune · Mar 6, 2023 Balancing employee well-being and productivity drives performance Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff told employees that wellness culture overpowered high performance. But employee well-being ultimately drives long-term productivity, experts say.
Fortune · Mar 3, 2023 Salesforce lowers 'gratitude' bonus for employees Salesforce doles out 70% of its annual "gratitude bonus" to employees, down from last year's 110%.
Axios · Mar 3, 2023 Big Tech bows to the ways of Wall Street Layoffs and share buybacks never looked so good.
Fortune · Mar 2, 2023 Marc Benioff’s pivot to layoffs and austerity has analysts singing his praises and celebrating a ‘masterpiece’ quarter from Salesforce Salesforce “delivered a monster quarter and guide for the ages that will silence the doubters this morning,” analyst Dan Ives wrote in Thursday research note.
Fortune · Mar 2, 2023 Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff's message to leaders: Do you need to unleash the Elon within you? Like Twitter, Salesforce plans to "run lean and mean" amid growing pressure from investors.
Fortune · Mar 1, 2023 Salesforce just said goodbye to its M&A committee Salesforce bows to investor demands and disbands its mergers and acquisitions team.