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Most enterprise tech acquisitions don’t work out well
At Salesforce, Stewart was baffled by the breadth and depth of operational inefficiency. He witnessed executives green-lighting high-priced celebrity appearances while making cuts to things like inter-office employee travel. He saw VPs overhiring by thousands of people, then laying off thousands in subsequent quarters. An annual event for tenured and executive staff named Laulima (Hawaiian…