Does Salesforce pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Salesforce employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.4 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Salesforce. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Salesforce?

79% of Salesforce employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Salesforce 3.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.9 for culture and values and 3.9 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Salesforce?

Account Executive (2519) , Software Engineer (534) , Business Development Representative (BDR) (518) , Senior Account Executive (425) , Technical Support Engineer (383) , Sales (311) , Director (279) , Solution Engineer (227) , Enterprise Account Executive (224) , Senior Software Engineer (221) , BDR (209) , Member of Technical Staff(MTS) (209) , Sales Development Representative (SDR) (208) , Solutions Engineer (199) , Manager (194)

What are the pros of working at Salesforce according to real employee reviews?

"Many might have told about all the great benefits salesforce offers and everything is true :" ((in 2824 reviews)); "Salesforce promotes a great culture as a company and that is reflected in the employees' interactions at the company" ((in 2800 reviews)); "In company there are great people that work and they also make it pleasant for another to work there." ((in 1628 reviews)); "Good Work life balance and OOM" ((in 1352 reviews)); "fun to work for and the poeple are nice plus pay is good" ((in 990 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Salesforce according to real employee reviews?

"Managers are bad and rude here" ((in 450 reviews)); "Recent layoffs mostly affected very talented folks but majority of them were from San Francisco to cut down the cost." ((in 399 reviews)); "Long hours (depending on which team you support) but generally speaking it's long hours and sometimes odd hours" ((in 132 reviews)); "lack of transparency from upper management" ((in 89 reviews)); "Inexperienced middle management" ((in 74 reviews))

What are employees saying about Salesforce layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Salesforce layoffs and their outlook for job security at Salesforce in 2026.

What Salesforce locations have received the highest employee ratings?

Frankfurt am Main , Düsseldorf , München , Berlin

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Salesforce reviews

4.1

79% would recommend to a friend

(22,507 total reviews)

Marc Benioff

80% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.4

Compensation and benefits

4.2

Diversity & inclusion

3.9

Culture & values

3.9

Work/Life balance

3.9

Career opportunities

3.5

Senior management

Salesforce has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 22,507 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Salesforce employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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Reviews by job title

23K reviews

5.0

Oct 4, 2009

Great company, great product, very smart and experienced people inside the organization

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Leading the change to a different business model in IT and believing in it, that creates an athmosphere of commitment and satisfaction. Very fair compensation and internal promotions into the organization. Great leadership and support from management

Cons

Because of the growht of the company the hiring was too fast and now there are some people that has not the level to keep with the company expectations . Sometimes decisions can be political and based in "what have to do" and not in "what shoul do". Very poor HR level.

3.0

Oct 3, 2009

fast paced environment / industry leader

Director

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- leading the industry - location - compensation - strong ceo

Cons

- highly political - no one reviewing sr. management actions or behavior / mgmt training needed - lack of clarity on career path options

4.0

Sep 28, 2009

Not as great as it used to be, but still great people

Account executive

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Industry leading product - Given the opportunity to prove yourself - The chance to work with some clever, savvy people

Cons

- Not really a meritocracy, although likes to be seen as one - Too many right place right time promotions to those without the ability, leading to failure - Political in many parts of the organisation - Long hours to get anywhere - Salaries reviewed infrequently

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