An Important Message from Your CEO

Money sent the following email to Salesforce employees earlier today. Greetings, Sales Forcers! As your fearless CEO, I am saddened to announce that we must lay off 15% of our employees. I take full responsibility for this difficult decision. This has been a tough time for us all. We are passionate about our mission and inspired every day by the people we serve. But in order to keep our business running, sometimes we have to make tough choices. In this case, the toughest decision was to lay off some of our own. The truth is, I underestimated the power of hope. I thought that hope alone could turn our company around, but in hindsight I can see that I was wrong. We needed to take a more practical approach to our business and make some hard decisions that would set us up for long-term success. I apologize for not recognizing this sooner and for any hardship this decision may cause. We are grateful for the hard work and dedication of the people we had to let go, and the impact they have made on our company will not be forgotten. Moving forward, I ask that we all stay focused on our future and keep our sights set on our long-term goals. Together, I know we can weather this storm and rise to the challenge of making Salesforce the success it was meant to be. Thank you, Money Bags Benioff CEO, Salesforce