The job cuts, which amount to about 1% of its workforce, follow a series of layoffs last year.

Salesforce is the latest tech company to cut jobs with 700 layoffs, report says::The job cuts, which amount to about 1% of its workforce, follow a series of layoffs last year.

  • stoly@lemmy.worldEnglish
    363·
    10 months ago

    LOL their biggest expense is their data storage and transfer, surely. This is a company that MUST be raking it in since so many high-profile clients use them. This issue is really about greed.

    • farcaster@lemmy.worldEnglish
      17·
      10 months ago

      I think most companies biggest expense is in fact payroll. I would guess that’s especially true in tech. 700 people. Let’s imagine on average each cost the company 100k/year (pay+benefits+taxes+admin+etc). That’s 70 million dollars a year, and probably a very conservative estimate.

    • Z3k3@lemmy.worldEnglish
      31·
      10 months ago

      Can you please tell me what they do. I have heard my work uses it but they sure as shit ain’t selling anythings

      • stoly@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        10 months ago

        It is sales software. You can put in an account for some business plus all the contact people you’d ever need. Then you can track all of the emails and such that go through. Think of it like a ticketing system, which some people have forced it to do, that focuses specifically on the needs of company sales.

        • ThePrivacyPolicyEnglish
          4·
          10 months ago

          It is a full fledged customer support system too, not something it’s forced to do. That’s the entire service cloud offering.

          • stoly@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            10 months ago

            It might be better than when I used it like 8 years ago. It was definitely not fit for ticketing at the time but coo be made to work.

            • ThePrivacyPolicyEnglish
              1·
              10 months ago

              Oh a lot has changed in 8 years. 4-5 years even. I’ve run many large international support teams out of their ticket and service cloud and they’ve all loved it way more than alternatives like zendesk and such.

        • Z3k3@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          10 months ago

          Lol that’s amusing as the co I work for develops and sells a ticketing system (itil based)

      • kboy101222@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        42·
        10 months ago

        It’s software to help keep track of client data.

        Also the bane of every IT person I know that has to work with it. It’s second only to printers.

        • EnderMB@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          10 months ago

          If you become a “Salesforce developer” you can make lots of money in contracting. Some people build complex systems around their CRM, and I’ve known people pull the equivalent of $150k on what was essentially a part-time job.