Salesforce COO warns there may be even more job cuts coming to 'change and reshape' the company

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Salesforce COO warns there may be even more job cuts coming to 'change and reshape' the company
Salesforce recently cut around 8,000 roles.Noam Galai/Getty Images
  • Salesforce COO Brian Millham said it could "change and reshape" the company, per Bloomberg.
  • The company has already cut its workforce by 10%, or about 8,000 employees.
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A fresh wave of job cuts could be coming at Salesforce, its chief operating officer told Bloomberg.

Brian Millham said Friday that a "change and reshape" of the company may be needed to drive efficiencies.

"The structure of the organization — if we feel like it needs to change and reshape — we're going to make those moves to drive the efficiencies," he said.

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He also said consultants Bain & Co were reviewing operations, but were yet to make any final recommendations.

The software giant announced in January it would cut about 8,000 employees, or 10% of its headcount, in a focus on profitability. Most of the cuts affected workers in sales and marketing in locations including New York and Atlanta, Insider's Ashley Stewart and Ellen Thomas previously reported.

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Salesforce recently reduced an annual employee bonuses by 30%, sparking criticism from some workers as the company had reported "record" adjusted operating margins of 22.5% during its most recent financial year and had forecast a figure of 27% in March.

Millham also told Bloomberg that he's also pushing for further efficiencies in the sales and go-to-market divisions. He added that more workers were returning to its office since it started encouraging staff to go in more frequently.

"From the very beginning this was a performance-oriented culture," he said. "We may have drifted a bit from that during the pandemic as we took care of our employees and made sure everyone was staying healthy."

The company paid almost $28 billion to buy Slack in December 2020 in its largest acquisition.

Salesforce didn't immediately respond to a request for comment from Insider, made outside normal working hours.

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