Hi Blinders, There is news that Salesforce is in ADVANCED talks to acquire informatica and only the hook holding is the stock sale price. If this goes through, what are the possibilities of layoffs ? How salesforce dealt with acquisitions earlier when they acquired slack , tableau and mulesoft ? Do they down size the teams or cut down some teams ? If there is a layoff, how do they pay sovereigns ? Please share your experience if you have gone through such a situation earlier or if you heard from any of your friends. Please understand this is important information for many informatica employees at the moment. Esp when someone has a long career at infa to wait and watch (for a good role and bene )or move on. Also please note that Salesforce force acquired mulesoft a few years back which is a competitor to informatica. Please add your comments.
Lol.. informatica has 5k employees. Mule and Slack had a fraction of that. Informatica did 6% yoy last year and that was considered good. There will be a deep clean up.
That's about 20% more employees than Tableau had before the acquisition.
INFA will be allowed to operate independently for 2-3 years. The purpose of this acquisition is to bolster current Data Cloud technology so there will be some conversations and new efforts around that. So land a good role in that unit and you should be really secure. That said after 3 years expect consolidation - sales teams will be eliminated, HR, Alliances and operations for sure I was part of an acquired company that’s why I know this.
What happens to salary? Is it upgraded
Salaries aren’t immediately upgraded. But as you go through promotion and year end adjustments you’ll be remunerated per Salesforce standards.
I think SF will keep informatica as a separate business. Informatica leadership will get golden parachutes. SF will hire some advisor like Bain for restructuring and they’ll suggest a namesake 5-10% layoffs and that will be about it. You’ll get better benefits and perks and likely a pay rise to adjust to SF levels.
Thanks for your comment.. is it the same case with other acquisitions by SF ?
If you see mulesoft and slack they’re running separately as a business and didn’t hear any layoffs on blind after the acquisition.