Is Slack a good company to work for as a Software Engineer?

Software Engineer professionals working at Slack have rated their employer with 4.6 out of 5 stars in 61 Glassdoor reviews. This is a higher than average score with the overall rating of Slack employees being 3.9 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Engineer Jobs at Slack now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Engineer interview questions at Slack .

Does Slack pay Software Engineer employees well?

Software Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Slack with 4.1 out of 5 stars based on 61 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 2.4% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Engineer salaries at Slack.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Slack?

Account Executive (95) , Software Engineer (64) , Senior Software Engineer (49) , Customer Experience Agent (28) , Senior Account Executive (26) , Enterprise Account Executive (23) , Customer Success Manager (21) , Manager (17) , Sales (17) , Staff Software Engineer (16) , Customer Experience (14) , Software Engineering Intern (14) , Director (12) , Recruiter (12) , Business Development Representative (BDR) (11)

What are the pros of working at Slack according to real employee reviews?

"Great culture and values!" ((in 206 reviews)); "Great benefits and all the resources you need to do well in sales here." ((in 114 reviews)); "The work/life balance is great (work hard and go home)" ((in 79 reviews)); "The team is great and smart" ((in 56 reviews)); "• Great leadership that truly is customer centric" ((in 46 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Slack according to real employee reviews?

"I had 3 managers (4 if you count the time I had no manager) over ~6 months." ((in 15 reviews)); "Impossibly fast change, questionable leadership decisions, product decisions feel half baked, absolutely enormous company with frequent layoffs." ((in 10 reviews)); "Lack of diversity in sales teams now that Salesforce leadership has taken over." ((in 7 reviews)); "Limited career opportunities / development" ((in 5 reviews)); "Upper management is amazing and is trying to promote a culture that no" ((in 3 reviews))

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Slack Software Engineer reviews

4.6

99% would recommend to a friend

(61 total reviews)

Stewart Butterfield

99% approve of CEO

88% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.8

Diversity & inclusion

4.8

Work/Life balance

4.5

Culture & values

4.2

Senior management

4.2

Career opportunities

4.1

Compensation and benefits

Software Engineer employees have rated Slack with 4.6 out of 5 stars, based on 61 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineer professionals have an excellent working experience there. Slack is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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61 reviews

5.0

Jan 15, 2023

Still A Great Place to Work

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great management all the way to the top at Slack.and, talented co-workers willing to share the knowledge. They go to great lengths to keep the culture the same.

Cons

There is a constant battle to keep the Salesforce culture from creeping in.

5.0

Oct 8, 2022

Positive

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

WLB is really very good

Cons

Maybe too good the wlb

5.0

May 24, 2022

Fantastic Culture

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Full of fantastic people that are really kind, compassionate and intelligent. Very few meetings, and well run when they happen.

Cons

Losing private health benefit due to Salesforce acquisition

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