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 191 reviews)); "SFDC offers great benefits and salarys..." ((in 106 reviews)); "Great work life balance (ex/ Fri" ((in 76 reviews)); "The team is great and smart" ((in 51 reviews)); "• Great leadership that truly is customer centric" ((in 45 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 12 reviews)); "Lack of diversity in sales teams now that Salesforce leadership has taken over." ((in 7 reviews)); "No career opportunities." ((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

Sep 23, 2019

Great culture and smart people everywhere

Platform

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

+ Smart people all around you are are humble and supportive + No surprise, but super collaborative and inclusive + Really good balance of experienced people and people with <5yrs experience + Rapid growth, great product with massive potential + Transparency from execs to managers,

Cons

- Negative press after IPO but exec's do a great job explaining the market reaction - Always so much more we could do

5.0

Sep 18, 2019

Best place I have ever worked...

Account executive

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Phenomenal perks - Amazing people and environment to work in - Creating how people do their work

Cons

It's growing too fast? I dont know, it's awesome! Please apply because this place is filled with wonderful, humble and great people!

5.0

Sep 18, 2019

Fun company and culture with some growth pains

Customer experience

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

* Supportive teammates * Great culture * Freedom to fail * Amazing benefits

Cons

* Learning how to be a public company comes with a lot of new challenges. The company as a whole is learning how to deal with that. * It can be difficult to work your way into new roles internally.

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