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      4.0

      77% would recommend to a friend

      (1,094 total reviews)
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      Stewart Butterfield

      88% approve of CEO

      70% positive business outlook

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      4.2

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.2

      Work/Life balance

      4.2

      Compensation and benefits

      3.9

      Culture & values

      3.7

      Career opportunities

      3.4

      Senior management

      Slack has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 1,094 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 Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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      1K reviews
      1.0
      Apr 23, 2021

      Recommended to ask current or past employees for real feedback on working at Slack

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      * Competitive Compensation & Benefits * Thorough interview process * Possibility for collaboration across teams / departments * Heavy use of Slack at Slack!

      Cons

      * Values are not lived, inclusion and diversity are mostly buzzwords without consideration of the real lived experience of minority groups or what true inclusion might look like * Strong internal censorship, messaging closely watched and criticised if seen as inappropriate or not towing the party-line * Focus on external image overwrites focus on wellbeing of employees at times * Very limited career opportunities in EMEA, centralised decision making from the US which impacts growth and opportunities in EMEA * New employees are specifically asked to provide Glassdoor reviews. Check tenure of other reviewers on Glassdoor

      5.0
      Oct 19, 2020

      A group of brilliant, warm and empathetic humans 🚀

      Manager – technical architect
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Culture encourages people to naturally be themselves, it stopped being classified as work for me a long time ago and more of a place my brain goes to think about people collaborate. Work life balance is not just talked about but demonstrated here. Work hard and go home was painted on the wall of my office and it's respected and adhered to. I had a life event and my manager simply said, "go and do what you need to do, your family comes first".

      Cons

      It is a big responsibility to handle the collaboration of the size of customers we have, it is not necessary a negative but something to remember from time to time.

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      Slack Response
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      Thanks for your review! It’s great to hear that you feel work/life balance is a priority at Slack. The health and well-being of our employees is very important to us and we’re glad to hear that you feel supported. We hear you on the responsibility front and we’re thankful to you for taking it on! -Slack
      1.0
      Oct 14, 2020

      Poor leadership holding back decent product

      Engineering manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Overall, Slack has a good set of co-workers within Engineering. The product is decent, and contributes to helping people get work done as opposed to just making money off of ads.

      Cons

      There is no company direction. The product is stagnant, and the focus is primarily on getting more users as opposed to making a better product. No one, either in engineering or product management, can make a long term roadmap. We move from the crisis of today to the crisis of tomorrow. We constantly spread ourselves too thin.

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