One staff member asked Butterfield how Slack’s remaining leaders can “help us stay in touch with our Slack values inside Salesforce,” accusing the parent company of disregarding those values. Salesforce’s poor financial results in 2022-its stock price sank by 49% and net income through the first nine months fell year over year from $1.5 billion to $300 million-also continue to weigh on the company.īut Thursday’s reports brought some of those tensions more into the open.Īs Fortune’s Kylie Robison reported, Slack employees used an hourlong Q&A with the division’s senior leadership to air frustrations about a culture clash with the tech giant’s management.
Questions about a potential rift between Salesforce leadership and staffers at the recently acquired outfits have been burbling for months, particularly in light of Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield announcing his resignation plans in December. Salesforce closed deals for the two companies in 20, respectively, for a combined $43.4 billion. His next big task: getting more of Salesforce’s newest employees in sync with corporate leadership.įresh off Wednesday’s announcement of a 10% reduction-in-force, Fortune and Bloomberg published reports Thursday revealing a stark disconnect between Salesforce management and staff working in its recently acquired Slack and Tableau divisions.
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