*Previous Salesforce AE’s* It feels like corporate almost encourages boomeranging versus having employees climb the ranks. What was one thing you may have overlooked or taken for granted while at Salesforce that is hard to find elsewhere?

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It's hard to find a product to sell which is so obviously the front running choice in a market. You have to be seriously out executed to lose a deal from mid market on up to enterprise. This wasn't necessarily the case when I was there 10+ years ago but I believe it to be true now... At least if we're talking about sales cloud.

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I overlooked how political it was and i should have invested more time in politicking vs delivering on the number. Boomerang employees in my experience were not doing well prior to leaving and now are leading in high profile high risk jobs. So I’ll be interested to see how far the brand takes them. It was a good company, my quality of life is much higher after leaving, stress level way down, and paycheck way up. So... boomerang? Not sure why I would do that to myself.

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I agree. I just left for a significant pay increase. Looking on past jobs to be honest I'd have to say salesforce was my least favorite. There isn't really anything I liked more at salesforce except the free lattes

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I wasn’t in a hub that had lattes made by experts. I had a machine.... love HQ and the Ohana floor!

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