1. Marc Benioff, Salesforce
Salesforce layoffs are earning the company the dubious distinction of being the first major cloud company to shed workers in the new year. And some impacted staff are getting the word electronically, rather than directly from their managers.
Marc Benioff, Salesforce CEO, made waves when he said, “the macroeconomic environment remains challenging and our customers are taking a more measured approach to their purchasing decisions. With this in mind, we’ve made the very difficult decision to reduce our workforce by about 10%, mostly over the coming weeks.”
The news does not come as a complete surprise. In December, Salesforce told its managers to identify employees who weren’t performing so well. And that instruction arose a couple months after a previous round of layoffs; those took place in October.
Learn more here about the additional reasons Benioff cited for the layoffs.
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