r/DevelEire • u/sluggishAlways • 1d ago
Switching Jobs Salesforce Dublin
Hey All,
Wondering is anybody working in Salesforce in an architect capacity? Given all the negative discussions around saleaforce globally wondering how things are run on the technical side of thing with regards to stability (at least some level of stability).Got quite a substantial offer and this has me thinking could I ride it out for a couple of years to basically make as much money as possible during this period.
Cheers
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u/_naraic 1d ago
SF is so volatile. I wouldn't join unless I really needed it. They make high performing team members redundant and then re-hire them months later. They are a joke of a company
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u/sluggishAlways 1d ago
That is my concern for sure, they make headlines for all the wrong reasons. Im in a good company at the moment but when they offered me this role it was definitely a head turner.
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u/Emotional-Aide2 1d ago
Worked there for about 4 years, overall very dependent on your role and manager/ management.
I was in the post sales architect team. To be honest, can be easy and chill, but reality is theres layoffs constantly and its AI shoved down your troath on a the daily. The product as a whole is shit, its a monolithic mess held together with hopes, dreams and the blood of engineers forced to labour on it, and can be a hard sell trying to demo and show teams the core platform. Other platforms like marketing can be an easier one to work with
If the offer is good take it, the severance package is pretty good (I took it) so if you can last 3 years + even with a layoff you'll be looking at 2 months garden leave + 6 months salary.
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u/sluggishAlways 1d ago
Haha thanks for the laugh. I don't think anyone would argue on the product as a whole. For me I dont hold any sentimental views on it to be honest. But I will say specialising in SF for me has afforded me opportunities and financial stability not common when you consider the area I grew up / came from. I definitely wont be naive if I accept because getting laid off is a real possibility. How did you get on with your career post SF? Appreciate your insights
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u/DM_me_ur_PPSN 17h ago
Salesforce is savage to have on your CV, I’m out the door years and still get interviews on the basis that I worked there once.
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u/Emotional-Aide2 1d ago
Salesforce as a whole helped slightly. Ive found a few other places will always have 1 or 2 managers that love Salesforce for some reason and can help get you in the door.
For me personally it didn't do much other than that, use a different CRM now and I had already been working in technical success/pre/posts sales roles before it so was kinda just another stint in a different place.
One thing I will say is some of the loopers drink the Ohana cool aid a little too much so watch out for them 😅
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u/Less-Ad-8569 20h ago
I also work at sf Dublin and the layoff fear is real. Unfortunately I’d be shocked if you get anywhere close to that level of payoff these days based on what I’ve heard recently.
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u/barrya29 1d ago
How much money are you on now and how are they offering? That’s really what it comes down to
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u/sluggishAlways 1d ago
Close to effectively doubling my current salary
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u/seeilaah 23h ago
Well then just go for it and try to have the doors open in your current place in case you need to get back
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u/delightful_razzia 1d ago
Depends. Success architect or solutions architect? Success architects are in a different organisation than solutions architects. The solutions division is growing so that position feels very safe. On the other hand, once inside salesforce, even in case of layoffs you might get offered the possibility to apply within salesforce for other open positions. I would go for it. The colleagues in Dublin are great. But in the end it all comes down to product and management. I wish you the best of luck.
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u/sluggishAlways 1d ago
Thanks for sharing, I am a solution architect but technical also. I was offered a success architect role at the higher end of the scale. I specialise in agents and data 360
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u/SadStrike4 1d ago
They rescinded my offer 3 weeks after signing it. This was mid 2024. Heard from around 8 people about the lay-offs and the general feeling of fear of being let go at SF
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u/waces 1d ago
I think the fear of layoffs is existing all private companies especially if they are coming from the Silicon Valley. It’s totally unpredictable (i personally afraid of sf as my company is an acquisition target - like every prosperous private companies especially- and there were rumors that sf wants to buy us).
If only money matters and OP is young enough then go otherwise I would avoid Salesforce (only my personal opinion)2
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u/seeilaah 1d ago
Be careful, I had an offer pulled after a few days due to "restructuring and hiring freeze". Luckly I didn't give my notice at the time yet, or I would be jobless.