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

Feb 25, 2021

Great place to work

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- working environment - transparent communication - supportive teammates - culture of growth and knowledge - diversity

Cons

- larger company, sometimes hard to coordinate projects crossfunctionally

Slack Response

It makes us so happy to hear that you find Slack such a great place to work! Thanks for taking the time to leave a review and we're thrilled to have you on the team! -Slack

5.0

Dec 14, 2020

It's awesome

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

great place to work !

Cons

None that I can think of

Slack Response

Thank you for the review! We're glad to have you here at Slack.

3.0

Oct 13, 2020

Good Days are gone

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Transparent culture Smart, curious peers

Cons

Passive aggressive shadow side to the culture Leaders are in biggest jobs of career, are failing and not managed out Leaders are hired from big companies who aren’t builders and wait for a team do that Growth is slowing, highly commoditized market

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