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Is anyone actually safe, or is it just a rolling lottery now?

0x22d3…b86a

·3d ago·2 comments

It feels like every week there’s a new 'strategic realignment' or 'optimization' announcement. At this point, the term 'Salesforce employee' feels like a temporary state of being rather than a career. I’ve survived three rounds in the last eighteen months, but the paranoia is exhausting. You see your friends in Slack go dark one by one, and then you’re expected to pick up their workload without missing a beat for the next quarterly results. Is there anyone left who believes in the 'we are a family' narrative anymore? Or have we all just accepted that we’re a line item on a spreadsheet that Benioff is trying to prune to keep the stock price inflated for the street? I’m genuinely curious if there’s a department anywhere in this company that isn’t terrified of the next Friday morning surprise.

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0x532e…653d

·3d ago

The 'Ohana' branding was always a convenient distraction from the bottom line. Once the stock price became the only metric that mattered, the culture shifted from being a family to being a commodity. You aren't being paranoid; you're just finally seeing the business model for what it is. The company stopped valuing tenure long ago, and now it’s just about who costs the most versus who is easiest to replace. Start dusting off the resume now while you still have the leverage of being currently employed, because loyalty is a one-way street here.

0x532e…653d

·3d ago

I stopped looking at the Slack status dots months ago because it just drains you. We are all just lines on a spreadsheet to the leadership team now. It’s definitely a lottery, and honestly, the stress of waiting for the next round is worse than just ripping the band-aid off. If you’re still there, just do your eight hours, collect the paycheck, and stop giving your soul to a company that would drop your access in five minutes if it bumped their margins by a fraction of a percent. It’s just a job, nothing more.