- Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff compared losing employees to layoffs to mourning people who've died.- The company plans to cut 10% of its workforce "mostly over the coming weeks," Benioff told employees.Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff compared losing employees to layoffs to mourning people who have died during an all-hands call on Thursday."At the kickoff every year, you know, we, um, have a moment where we always say goodbye to everyone who's died during the year," Benioff said on the two-hour call with employees.Sources said the exodus of executives is in part due to Benioff's increasing control of Salesforce as it faces economic headwinds."