Salesforce cofounder Parker Harris addressed the controversy over CEO Marc Benioff's ICE jokes in an internal meeting, saying he was "not OK with it," Business Insider has learned. "Marc made a very bad joke," Harris, who is the company's chief technical officer, said. "But that's something that Marc did, and I'm not gonna call him out in public out on the internet." https://www.businessinsider.com/salesforce-cofounder-criticizes-benioff-ice-jokes-2026-2

The atmosphere at Salesforce is one of significant tension. The company's stock has declined by approximately 27% since the start of the year, with investors now looking to upcoming quarterly results for signs of a turnaround. This pressure comes from a confluence of internal dissent, workforce reductions, and a strategic acquisition aimed at bolstering its artificial intelligence capabilities. https://www.ad-hoc-news.de/boerse/news/ueberblick/salesforce-faces-mounting-pressu

For investors watching NYSE:CRM, this mix of product expansion and internal disruption is arriving after a stretch of weak share price performance. The stock is at $189.72, with a 1 year return of a 41.5% decline and a 30 day return of a 16.5% decline, while the 3 year return sits at 16.3%. Those numbers frame how much is riding on Salesforce's AI oriented shift. https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/salesforce-ai-push-cimulate-faces-140752135.html

While most headlines fixate on Salesforce’s aggressive push into AI agents and its $60 billion revenue target , something else happened in early December that speaks volumes about who's really calling the shots. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/salesforce-quietly-raised-dividend-pacify-160700162.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAHHh7UOAiDXYyULbuND-y7R7lfIxMaIB5K4AZypnifW8PFt3IZQHi3UumVpK5hEXyR-C_zmAIirl2hehVEl4jxRrZhjuqjog1

At a perilous time for Salesforce, employees flooded an internal Slack channel this week to denounce CEO Marc Benioff's latest gaffe. Instead of rallying staff around a shared vision for the company's future, Benioff's speech during a companywide event on Tuesday sparked internal uproar. The trigger: jokes he made about ICE . https://www.businessinsider.com/marc-benioff-ice-jokes-outrage-pivotal-time-salesforce-2026-2

Political tension in the workplace has been bubbling up in recent months, especially as hot-button issues like immigration enforcement polarize the nation. While business leaders are largely cautioned to prioritize neutrality and inclusion in how they address such topics, what happens when a leader goes astray? https://hrexecutive.com/salesforce-ceos-ice-joke-sparks-employee-outcry/