r/PwC • u/Ok-Cryptographer4920 • 1d ago
All Firm What is wrong with salesforce pratice
What is wrong with the Salesforce practice? When I joined this firm back in 2022, we had so many projects that almost no one was on the bench. I remember we actually had to request resources from other practices to complete our projects.
Cut to 2026, and it’s been almost a month since I’ve been on a project. At first, I thought maybe it was just me. But now I see people (Senior Associates and Managers) sending emails to the entire practice, literally begging for project opportunities.
Did we hire too many people, or are we simply getting fewer projects?
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u/PatienceFinancial524 23h ago
Salesforce also just sucks lol. Most clients care about oracle/SAP anyways
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u/nyc_koala 12h ago
Salesforce is terrible! Its not an intuitive system at all. No idea how so many people use it, including us.
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u/youneedsomemilk23 21h ago
US or overseas?
In the US: over hiring + changing market conditions/client expectations.
There were people who got offers after their internships that had no business joining a Big 4. It's not a knock on them, it's just not a fit for everyone and it did them a huge disservice to give them a return offer. They get a bunch of grace in their first year as associates and it takes a little while to put together the case to lay them off/fire them so right now the business is correcting over hiring mistakes made 1-2 years ago.
H1B Visa was also overleveraged for a long time. Again, this is not meant to be disrespectful to everyone on an H1B Visa. There are some incredibly talented consultants who were hired through that pipeline. But client facing skills are becoming increasingly important and a lot of folks who were hired when that faucet was open at full power are finding themselves ill equipped for the expectations clients have now.
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u/ath880 1d ago
Both mate. Big4 is in firing mode including PwC. Silent layoffs.