Salesforce CEO points finger at new, remote, and younger workers for company's falling...

[bandit8623]

This shouldn't surprise anyone who has been in the work force for any length of time. And this guy is one of many who are saying the exact same thing.

Common sense should make it obvious that people are going to be less productive from home overall. Some will be more productive but the fact remains that a number of them will absolutely take advantage.

When we worked form home during covid a guy I worked with told me he tied his mouse to a oscillating fan so that his computer would not show him as "away". I'm sure he was one of many people who did similar things.

What I find most humorous is the younger generation crying over his comments though. So incredibly entitled...wake up the world isn't here to appease you.

EDIT: I'm in no way against working from home. In fact I am considering looking for something similar but at the same time I can't stand when people act as if it's owed to them. No one wants to have to go out of their way to make money anymore. It just screams lack of perspective of the real world.

this is 100% spot on

 

[mbk34]

I'm fairly old now living in the UK and I think things now are very different compared to when I was young. I was fortunate enough to be working in a boom industry, earning more 35 years ago than my kids can earn now, I had no debts and no cares. Perhaps it's just a combination of tanking economies, Brexit, Covid and the current war but modern life seems pretty poor for the current generation, Most are saddled with college debt and have to live with their parents in order to save up for houses that they'll never be able to afford. I'm actually amazed they put so much effort into their work.

 

[bandit8623]

I'm fairly old now living in the UK and I think things now are very different compared to when I was young. I was fortunate enough to be working in a boom industry, earning more 35 years ago than my kids can earn now, I had no debts and no cares. Perhaps it's just a combination of tanking economies, Brexit, Covid and the current war but modern life seems pretty poor for the current generation, Most are saddled with college debt and have to live with their parents in order to save up for houses that they'll never be able to afford. I'm actually amazed they put so much effort into their work.

I will agree with you on the housing part for sure. I bought my first house 12 years ago by myself. today that would not have been possible. today you need almost 3 workers in your household to afford one...

 

[loki1944]

Well, they are kind of right when you see that the average home cost almost half a million $. People in their 20s right now, will have it hard, so we cannot judge them.

Half a million? That is bonkers for me in the US. My first 3 room house in 2001 as a young adult cost $10,000; my second suburban home in 2007 was $72,000; and my current one, a 2 story house sitting on 3 acres, cost $92,000.

 

[Colonel Blimp]

Well that’s weird, I work for a global finance co with 60k staff that work from wherever they like. I’ve WFH since 2017 with them.

Last year we were +6-7% organic growth, this year we’re at 108% of our annual target with Q4 still in play. Our share price is +24% over the last 12 months.

Is it possible that maybe Marc Benioff is just full of s*** and is looking to blame someone?

Think how much bigger those numbers would have been if your lot had gone into the office