‘It’s been a whirlwind of emotions,’ one laid off worker posted to LinkedIn.
Former Salesforce employees taking to LinkedIn to post about losing their jobs reveal where the enterprise applications vendor is making cuts as it invests in its artificial intelligence wares.
Multiple former employees holding manager and director titles and coming from sales, marketing and other parts of the San Francisco-based vendor posted to Microsoft-owned LinkedIn about being part of the 1,000 employees targeted for layoffs, representing about 1.5 percent of the company’s global workforce.
A Salesforce senior designer for customer success and partners said that she received a layoff notice the day after her fifth-year anniversary with the company.
“It’s been a whirlwind of emotions—gratitude for the incredible journey I’ve had, sadness at the thought of potentially leaving, and uncertainty about what comes next,” she said. “Salesforce has been more than just a workplace for me; it has been a place of growth, creativity, and meaningful connections. I’m incredibly thankful for the experiences, the colleagues who became friends, and the opportunities that have shaped me over these past five years.”
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The cuts come just before Salesforce reports its quarterly financial earnings on Feb. 26.
Other employees who posted about getting laid off include:
- A principal solution engineer with Salesforce for about nine years on and off
- A sales programs analyst with Salesforce for about four years
- A platform product marketing manager with Salesforce for about nine years
- A senior manager for account-based marketing with Salesforce for about five years
- An engagement manager with Salesforce for about three years
- A partner sales director with Salesforce for about eight years
- A performance marketing analyst with Salesfrce for about seven years
- A Salesforce.org partner success director of about seven years
- An advertising technology (AdTech) operations lead with the company for about a year
Salesforce isn’t alone in cutting headcount early in 2025 and as vendors chase emerging opportunities in AI. Workday, Citrix parent Cloud Software Group, SADA and Okta are among the technology vendors and solution providers to announce layoffs so far this year.
