Salesforce's Marc Benioff says he's following 'the Oracle playbook' to improve profits — and Larry Ellison is helping him

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Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff says he is adopting Oracle's playbook and leaning on guidance from his former boss and sometimes friend Oracle chairman and cofounder Larry Ellison.

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Marc Benioff has yet to satisfy the most powerful activist investor. Elliott Management demands a 'sustainable leadership plan' for Salesforce.

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Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff says that this is a 'New Day' for Salesforce, focusing on profitability above its famous 'Ohana' mantra

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Salesforce Reportedly Kept Matthew McConaughey on the Payroll as It Cut Thousands of Workers

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Actor Matthew McConaughey is reportedly getting paid more than $10 million a year by cloud computing giant Salesforce to be the man to tell regular folks they want to “create more opportunities” clap. That they want “less cancellation and more conversation, prioritize conservation, and empower future generations” …

Salesforce has been reportedly paying Matthew McConaughey $10 million a year to act as a 'creative adviser' despite laying off 8,000 employees last month

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Matthew McConaughey was reportedly receiving $10 million a year to serve as the "creative adviser" of Salesforce.

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Layoffs can cause contagion that pushes workers who are left behind to quit

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Twitter is said to have let go of 200 employees over the weekend in addition to the 7,500 workers that the social media giant axed last year.

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Salesforce CEO says he took a 10-day 'digital detox' trip to French Polynesia before company layoffs

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Marc Benioff, chairman and CEO of Salesforce, told NYT he took a digital detox in the wake of layoffs beginning at the company.

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Salesforce is applying pressure to workers to drive down headcount

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6 charts show that tech giants like Meta and Google have still grown like crazy even after layoffs

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Big Tech CEOs Marc Benioff, Andy Jassy, Satya Nadella, Sundar Pichai, Mark Zuckerberg have all led their companies to conduct layoffs in the last few months as a downturn leads to a slowdown in spending.

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When the company you want to work for is in a hiring freeze, you need to boost your marketability, says a top AWS exec

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There are steps job seekers need to take as they wait for hiring to thaw.

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