I was laid off by kinder, gentler capitalism

I was laid off from Salesforce one day after receiving my 3-year anniversary gift in the mail. In all, 8,000 people were let go — a bloodletting that temporarily paralyzed the company and sent up cries of foul internally, in <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-01-31/salesforce-s-8-000-layoffs-don-t-exactly-scream-family-values?leadSource=uverify+wall" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">the press</a>, and in social media. Salesforce’s #airing-of-grievances Slack channel lit up red hot; people didn’t mince words. They accused CEO and chairman Marc Benioff of hypocrisy. He’s a well-known advocate for the kinder, gentler form of capitalism known as stakeholder capitalism, which holds business accountable for the wellbeing of all of its stakeholders — not just shareholders. That includes community members, the natural world, partners, and employees. <a href="https://medium.com/@carolemert/i-was-laid-off-by-kinder-gentler-capitalism-5a218d47f8c6">Click Here</a>