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   Salesforce CEO says no plans to hire more engineers, as AI is doing a great   
   job   
      
   Date:   
   Fri, 28 Feb 2025 14:22:00 +0000   
      
   Description:   
   Salesforces Marc Benioff envisions a world where CEOs simultaneously manage   
   humans and AI agents.   
      
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    - Salesforce CEO says it isnt hiring any more engineers   
    - Sales staff recruitment may be ongoing   
    - Human workers might have to share their jobs with AI agents   
    - Quarterly revenue is up 8% YoY, annual revenue up 9%   
      
   Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff has confirmed the firm would not be hiring any   
   more engineers in 2025 because of the effects of artificial intelligence.    
      
   We're not going to hire any new engineers this year," Benioff said in a    
   recent earnings call, "We're seeing 30% productivity increase on engineering,   
   and we're going to really continue to ride that up. And we're going to grow   
   sales pretty dramatically this year.    
      
   Salesforces agentic AI has become so widespread that Benioff counters many   
   studies suggesting AI will not replace human workers. Instead, he envisions a   
   world where the two work hand in hand: We're the last generation of CEOs to   
   only manage humans You know, I think every CEO going forward is going to   
   manage, you know, humans and agents together.   
      
   Salesforce doesnt need any more engineers   
      
   The move comes from a company which has invested heavily in AI, not only to   
   improve the efficiency of its customers with the likes of agentic AI , but   
   also to improve the productivity of its own workers.    
      
   For the quarter ending January 31, 2025, Salesforce reported a healthy 8%   
   year-over-year rise in total revenue, up to $10.0 billion. Full-year revenue   
   stood at $37.9 billion, up 9% year-over-year.    
      
   Benioff commented: No company is better positioned than Salesforce to lead   
   customers through the digital labor revolution.    
      
   The CEO added that delivering the digital labor revolution is Salesforces   
   ambition: Our goal is to be the No. 1 provider of digital labor in the world.    
      
   Indicative of the proliferation of agentic AI, Benioff provided further   
   context when probed on the analyst call: "I don't know of any company that   
   doesn't need automation for its humans And I don't know any company that's    
   not going to need an agentic layer.    
      
   Already this calendar year, Salesforce has notified its workforce of around   
   1,000 layoffs, however simultaneous hiring efforts have reportedly been   
   ongoing to recruit more sales staff.   
      
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   Link to news story:   
   https://www.techradar.com/pro/salesforce-ceo-says-no-plans-to-hire-more-engine   
   ers-as-ai-is-doing-a-great-job   
      
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