Salesforce Inc will begin layoffs March 2023
Salesforce Inc. has disclosed a wave of layoffs at its San Francisco headquarters in a filing with the state of California, which last week said it would be slashing 10% of its workforce, or about 8,000 people.
Salesforce CRM said in a letter to the state’s Employment Development Department that a total of 752 job cuts will become effective March 24.
The following job categories are affected at three locations in San Francisco by the cuts which the company expects to be permanent, according to the letter: 194 in general administration, 117 in sales and customer service, and 441 in technology and product.
A spokeswoman said that last year’s undisclosed number of job cuts by Salesforce affected temporary recruiting contractors, and the layoffs follow those cuts. The company submitted no letters to the state EDD about employee job cuts in California last year, where it has a huge presence and is San Francisco’s biggest private employer. A letter Chief Executive Marc Benioff sent to employees last week and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission predicts more cuts in the coming weeks.
Among others in the tech industry, Salesforce’s planned mass layoffs are being attributed to over-hiring during the past few years. “I take responsibility for hiring too many people leading into this economic downturn we’re now facing,” Benioff told employees last week when he announced the job cuts.
META, -0.08% CEO Mark Zuckerberg told his employees in November that he was cutting 11,000 jobs, which echoes what he said.
Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO, +0.82%) and Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN, +5.81%) are two other giant tech companies that are significantly reducing their workforces. Google parent Alphabet Inc. is reportedly considering about 10,000 job cuts but has not confirmed that news. The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that Alphabet unit Verily Life Sciences has trimmed 200 jobs out of 1,600.
After recent turnover in management ranks, including the departure of co-CEO Bret Taylor and Slack Technologies co-founder and CEO Stewart Butterfield, Salesforce has announced layoffs.
Salesforce representatives declined to comment.
