Does Slack pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Slack employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.2 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Slack. This rating has improved by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Slack?

77% of Slack employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Slack 4.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.9 for culture and values and 3.7 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Slack?

Account Executive (95) , Software Engineer (63) , 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 203 reviews)); "SFDC offers great benefits and salarys..." ((in 106 reviews)); "The work/life balance is great (work hard and go home)" ((in 81 reviews)); "The team is great and smart" ((in 52 reviews)); "• Great leadership that truly is customer centric" ((in 44 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 16 reviews)); "Many layoffs." ((in 9 reviews)); "Lack of diversity in sales teams now that Salesforce leadership has taken over." ((in 8 reviews)); "Limited career opportunities / development" ((in 5 reviews))

What are employees saying about Slack layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Slack layoffs and their outlook for job security at Slack in 2026.

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4.0

77% would recommend to a friend

(1,095 total reviews)

Stewart Butterfield

88% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

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 1,095 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 Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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5.0

Aug 24, 2020

There is no better place to work

Account executive

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CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Incredible benefits - Smart and hard working team - Very collaborative - Human-first

Cons

- Steep learning curve at first is slightly challenging

5.0

Aug 24, 2020

Kind, Curious, and Smart Colleagues

Site reliability engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Unbelievably wise and supportive leadership (progressive Emergency Time Off, proactive monthly Fridays off, conservative but smart business strategy) Collaborative teammates who focus on working together to solve problems Continued focus on improving processes and systems Company mission directly aligned with how to make users' working lives better

Cons

Focus on consensus can sometimes slow progress Young but burgeoning infrastructure means there are still critical systems that still need to be built

5.0

Aug 23, 2020

Leadership that trusts their employees

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Autonomy in how to work gets done - Smart, collaborative, fun people - Leadership cares about the people, has been incredibly supportive of time off and life balance during COVID.

Cons

- Huge pay bands and very difficult to move up within one regardless of impact - make sure you negotiate aggressively at sign on, it might be your only real opportunity to for years. - Cross team collaboration can be hard to get organized/prioritized.

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