Salesforce Mandatory Fields Dictated by Org Dont Reflect Actual Sales Needs
Sales reps are required to fill out CRM fields mandated by their organization that do not align with how deals actually progress. The mismatch between admin-configured required fields and real-world sales workflows leads to wasted time on low-value data entry. This is primarily an internal governance and configuration challenge rather than a product gap.
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