Slack reviews

3.9

77% would recommend to a friend

(1,097 total reviews)
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Stewart Butterfield

88% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

Slack has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 1,097 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 Information Technology industry (3.6 stars).

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5.0
Jun 26, 2018

Hypergrowth adventure ride

Recommend
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Pros

Slack for me is the best of two worlds: the excitement of a true startup, but with the financial stability of a large company that comes from having hundreds of millions of investment in the bank. This provides an environment of ceaseless forward momentum and opportunity to stretch yourself. There is not only an opportunity to put your stamp on things, but a necessity, as small teams try to achieve what is normally done by groups ten times their size at other companies. In general, your leadership will give you wide latitude and trust to get the job done as you see fit. If you are ambitious about your career, Slack is an open road.

Cons

Many people feed off the energy of a startup environment. If you don't, however, and instead seek stability and predictability, Slack will probably not be the dream employer for you. As a company that has achieved more in four years than other top tier tech companies have in ten years, change is constant here. If you have come from a large company like Google or FB, learning and development will feel different than what you are used to. You will find very little structured, classroom-style learning here, but you will learn on the job through being afforded opportunities to do things you otherwise wouldn't. Some may find this a little daunting.

5.0
Apr 11, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Great benefits, amazing people, good work-life balance, feels like employer cares about your well-being.

Cons

Can't really think of any right now

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Thank you so much for this amazing review! It makes our day :D -Slack
5.0
Aug 30, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

From the moment that I started the recruitment/interview process Alan and the team were clear, open, honest and professional. It is hands down the best hiring experience that I have ever had in my career. The on-boarding was thorough, really well structured and organized and because we are using Slack day to day to communicate and work i feel really clear to what I should be learning without the distraction of 100's of emails , i feel that i am getting up to speed quicker than any other company i've worked for and not felt overwhelmed. Lastly the team and the environment are fabulous, people seem to join and stay and i love that, makes me excited to be a part of the Slack journey :)

Cons

At the moment I cannot honestly think of anything

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