Amazon, Salesforce jettison jobs in latest tech worker purge

Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Business Author of the article: The Associated Press Michael Liedtke And Michelle Chapman Published Jan 04, 2023  •  3 minute read Join the conversation FILE – In this Thursday, May 16, 2019, file photo, Salesforce chairman Marc Benioff speaks during a news conference, in Indianapolis. Salesforce is laying off about 10% … Read more

‘We hired too many people’: Salesforce to layoff 10% of employees

Software company Salesforce Inc on Wednesday said it plans to lay off about 10 per cent of its employees as part of a restructuring. The company said it is facing an economic downturn as it hired too many people. In a letter to employees, Salesforce co-Chief Executive Officer Marc Benioff said: “The environment remains challenging … Read more

Salesforce to cut 10% of staff as it reverses pandemic hiring spree

Salesforce has announced plans to cut about 10 per cent of its workforce, making it the latest tech group to reverse a recent hiring binge in the face of slowing demand and growing unrest on Wall Street. The US software company had nearly 80,000 workers at the end of October, around 6,500 more than in … Read more

Salesforce lays off about 10% of its workforce, citing “challenging” environment

Salesforce is laying off about 10% of its workforce, more than 7,350 employees, in the latest round of job cuts in the tech industry as corporations cut back on software and other spending. The San Francisco cloud computing software company will also be closing some offices, according to a regulatory filing Wednesday. “The environment remains … Read more

Salesforce to cut 10% of workers, reduce offices in downturn

Breadcrumb Trail Links Work News CEO says company hired too many people in the lead up to the economic downturn Author of the article: Bloomberg News Brody Ford Published Jan 04, 2023  •  3 minute read Join the conversation The Salesforce.com Inc. Tower is reflected in a Saleforce.com Inc. office building in San Francisco, California. … Read more

Catalyst watch: Amazon event, Salesforce earnings, jobs report and more crypto drama

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Think you had a bad week? Salesforce, cloud companies had some of their worst weeks ever

Salesforce Inc. and other cloud-software stocks shed red over the week, as the lining in cloud-software stocks Friday turned blood red instead of silver, sending some cloud companies and ETFs tracking the industry to some of their worst weeks ever. Forecasts from former software darlings this week added to fears about businesses cutting back on … Read more

Starboard takes a stake in Salesforce. Here’s what could be next for the tech giant

Gary Burchell | Getty Images Company: Salesforce (CRM) Business: Salesforce is a global leader in customer relationship management (CRM) technology that brings companies and their clients together. It was founded in 1999 and is a pioneer in the cloud software space. It started as a tool to help enable sales teams to increase their productivity … Read more

How Is Salesforce a Catalyst for the Consumerization of Healthcare? The Magic Formula is CRM + EMR – The Health Care Blog

Health Tech By JESSICA DaMASSA, WTF HEALTH How is Salesforce thinking about the healthcare consumer? I had the chance to ask Salesforce’s SVP & GM of Health & Life Sciences, Amit Khanna, about it from both a product — and a lexicon – standpoint at Dreamforce 2022. Words matter. So, Salesforce’s use of “customer” when … Read more

Activist investor Starboard reveals stake in Salesforce, sees significant opportunity

Jeffrey Smith, CEO of Starboard Value LP and Chairman of Papa John’s International Inc. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Starboard Value LP has taken a stake in Salesforce, with founder Jeff Smith saying a significant opportunity remains in the enterprise software maker, according to CNBC’s David Faber. Dow-component Salesforce jumped 7% in premarket trading Tuesday. Shares … Read more