(2015-12-24, 9:36 am)vix86 Wrote: More than likely it's pushed your chances of an internal transfer out by a few years. Salesforce is a huge company, you have to figure there are more people wanting to go to Japan in Salesforce than there was when your company was smaller. I'd talk to the new HR when stuff gets set up and find out.
Sure it's not confirmed but at least within my company I was the only one who wanted to go. It'd be a great opportunity for us to introduce our software into the Japanese market, and from the announcement yesterday it sounds like Salesforce has some internal tracks to pursue things in other countries (they explicitly mentioned Japan so I danced for a bit). I take it as a win-win. Think about it... going from a company with no presence in Japan, which would have still taken at least a good chunk of time incorporating a KK or whatever it is, etc etc, to working for a company where I can simply put in my request to go.
Are there lots of people at SFDC who want to go? Maybe. Are there lots of people at my particular company within Salesforce who want to go? No, just me. So I have that going for me if they introduce our software into that market.
Worst that happens is I leave and as planned several months later if I see no movement on Japan, and start applying for Japanese companies myself. There will of course be HR stuff happening next month so we'll see. Nobody really knows yet but I'm more excited than anything.