Social enterprise leader jumps 25 spots and ranks among top companies for the fourth consecutive year
SAN FRANCISCO \u2013 Jan. 19, 2012 \u2013 Salesforce.com [NYSE: CRM], the enterprise cloud computing (http:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/cloudcomputing) company, today announced it was named 27th on the annual \u201c100 Best Companies to Work For\u201d list published by FORTUNE magazine. This is the fourth consecutive year salesforce.com has made the esteemed list.
With more than 100,000 customers, salesforce.com also ranked second for greatest job growth among the companies on the list.
According to FORTUNE, "There are plenty of reasons Salesforce is cool to work for: its downtown San Francisco vibe, its matchless end-of-the-year revelry, its embedded philanthropy, and its idiosyncratic leader."
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\u2022 \u201cThis award is a testament to the innovative salesforce.com employees,\u201d said Marc Benioff, chairman and CEO, salesforce.com. \u201cThere is no better place than salesforce.com for people who are passionate about transforming the industry and improving the world through philanthropy.\u201d
\u2022 \u201cWe constantly work to build an energy at salesforce.com that inspires a culture for employee success,\u201d said Monika Fahlbusch, senior vice president of employee success, salesforce.com. \u201cWe look forward to continue to hire the best in the business and make sure we create the best possible work environment and corporate culture for our employees.\u201d
\u2022 \u201cI have been at salesforce.com for 12 years and what keeps me here is that the company cares deeply about its employees and customers \u2013 people come first,\u201d said Rajani Ramanathan, senior vice president of software engineering, salesforce.com. \u201cI get to work with amazing people and cutting-edge technologies that fundamentally improve the way the world does business.\u201d
A social revolution is taking place today. The number of social networking users has surpassed e-mail users, and people access the Internet more from mobile devices than from desktops. Salesforce.com is helping its customers and employees thrive in this new world with the social enterprise. Today, companies must change the way they collaborate, communicate and share information with customers and employees to stay competitive.
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About FORTUNE\u2019S \u201c100 Best Companies to Work For\u201d
\u2022 To pick the 100 Best Companies to Work For, FORTUNE partners with the Great Place to Work Institute to conduct the most extensive employee survey in corporate America.
\u2022 280 firms participated in this year\u2019s survey. More than 246,000 employees at those companies responded to a survey created by the institute, a global research and consulting firm operating in 45 countries around the world. Two-thirds of a company\u2019s score is based on the results of the institute\u2019s Trust Index survey, which is sent to a random sample of employees from each company. The survey asks questions related to their attitudes about management\u2019s credibility, job satisfaction, and camaraderie. The other third is based on responses to the institute\u2019s Culture Audit, which includes detailed questions about pay and benefit programs and a series of open-ended questions about hiring practices, methods of internal communication, training, recognition programs, and diversity efforts. After evaluations are completed, if news about a company comes to light that may significantly damage employees\u2019 faith in management, we may exclude it from the list.
\u2022 Any company that is at least five years old and has more than 1,000 U.S. employees is eligible. For information on how to apply, visit www.greatplacetowork.com.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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