Slack reviews

3.9

77% would recommend to a friend

(1,095 total reviews)
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Stewart Butterfield

88% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

Slack has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 1,095 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Slack employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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3.0
Sep 22, 2020

"Remote Friendly" - sort of..

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Pros

Great product Great benefits Opportunities for advancement

Cons

Slack has been advertising their remote friendly environment and have been doing a ton of press on their remote-friendly culture and how moving forward employees will be able to be remote. However, reading the fine print this option is only for a small subset of roles, with many roles (who could do their work remotely) not even having the option to apply to be remote.

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Thanks so much for sharing your feedback! We are so happy to hear you are satisfied with our product, benefits and career opportunities here at Slack. We recognise having the flexibility to work from home is important. Each department, team and role is assessed for our distributed working model to ensure it makes sense for us as a business to be successful! I would suggest reaching out to your manager and department people partner to discuss this matter with them further. We are always reviewing our policies and processes to further create a good environment for our employees so appreciate this feedback. Thank you again for taking the time to share your experience. -Slack People Team
5.0
Sep 14, 2020
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Pros

I've been with Slack over a month and it's clear this company is led by an extraordinary CEO! A CEO who cares as much about people as he does the bottom line. His thought process trickles down throughout the leadership team and managers making Slack truly a wonderful place to work! Slack the product is an amazing product! While I used Slack at my previous employer, it wasn't near to the extent I'm now getting to use it. It's a product that truly makes work life simpler, while also adding in fun with all the emoji uses! Slack benefits are phenomenal! They have 3 health options in CA and that are 100% paid for by Slack for the employee AND the employee's dependents. This is a HUGE annual savings. They offer 20 paid vacation days, 10 paid sick days, 2 paid volunteer days, paid Company Shut Down days between Christmas and New Years and paid Holidays. They offer a cell phone and wellness stipend which are automatically added into your paychecks. Plus up to $1000 reimbursement to set up a home office and up to $2000 reimbursement for professional growth! Slack's pay is generous! They offer generous base salaries, annual bonuses and stock! A portion of your stock starts vesting at 12 months! Career opportunities also seem to be abundant at Slack. While Slack has over 2300+ remote employees (currently due to COVID), they have really mastered the "remote" workforce culture by having employees feel engaged without micro-management. I've feel blessed to have landed at Slack!

Cons

I have not come across a single "con".

5.0
Aug 31, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Fast-paced company on a rapid growth trajectory and evolving product. Incredible culture that is collaborative and supports employees on a human level.

Cons

Continue to develop employees in more junior regions. It can feel like the central region is behind the East and West.

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