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

Software Developer professionals working at Slack have rated their employer with 4.6 out of 5 stars in 60 Glassdoor reviews. This is a higher than average score with the overall rating of Slack employees being 4.0 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Developer Jobs at Slack now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Developer interview questions at Slack .

Does Slack pay Software Developer employees well?

Software Developer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Slack with 4.1 out of 5 stars based on 60 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 2.4% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Developer salaries and benefits at Slack .

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 195 reviews)); "Great benefits and all the resources you need to do well in sales here." ((in 115 reviews)); "Great work life balance (ex/ Fri" ((in 77 reviews)); "The team is great and smart" ((in 58 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)); "Many layoffs." ((in 10 reviews)); "Lack of diversity in sales teams now that Salesforce leadership has taken over." ((in 8 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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4.6

99% would recommend to a friend

(60 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 Developer employees have rated Slack with 4.6 out of 5 stars, based on 60 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer professionals have an excellent working experience there. Slack is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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60 reviews

5.0

May 19, 2021

Great Company!

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great people, good work life balance

Cons

There are none I have at this time

Slack Response

Thank you so much for sharing your experience working at Slack!

4.0

Apr 25, 2021

Great company

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Love the people, good vibes, great tech

Cons

Actually I loved the job...

Slack Response

Thank you so much for sharing your experience working at Slack! We're really glad to hear that you had a great experience! -Slack

5.0

Mar 7, 2021

Great company

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Amazing colleagues and supportive, transparent culture - Really good, competitive compensation - Great work-life balance

Cons

- Need to hire more engineering managers - some teams' have too high engineer-to-manager ratio

Slack Response

Thanks for taking the time to leave a review! We're so glad you enjoy the culture at Slack :) We hear your feedback on the team ratio. We suggest taking this feedback directly to your manager or reaching out to your people partner to discuss this matter with them further.

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