![]() Salesforce workers who lose their jobs will receive nearly five months of pay, health insurance, career resources, and other benefits, according to the company. Salesforce bought Slack two years ago for nearly $28 billion. ![]() Then, Slack co-founder Stewart Butterfield left. Benioff's hand-picked co-CEO Bret Taylor, who also was Twitter's chairman at the time of its tortuous $44 billion sale to billionaire Elon Musk, left Salesforce. The layoffs are being made on the heels of a shake-up in Salesforce's top ranks. Benioff pioneered the method of leasing software services to internet-connected devices a concept now known as cloud computing." The cuts announced Wednesday are by far the largest in the 23-year history of a San Francisco company founded by former Oracle executive Marc Benioff. Salesforce, meanwhile, said it is laying off about 8,000 employees, or 10% of its workforce. The company had also offered voluntary buyouts and has been cutting costs in other areas of its sprawling business. Wednesday's announcement included earlier job cuts that had not been numbered. In November, Jassy told staff that layoffs were coming due to the economic landscape and the company's rapid hiring in the last several years.
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