Is Slack a good company to work for?

Slack has an overall rating of 3.9 out of 5, based on over 1,227 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 77% of employees would recommend working at Slack to a friend and 70% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Slack have been left by employees working as Software Engineering Intern , Customer Success Manager and Director .

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 202 reviews)); "Great benefits and all the resources you need to do well in sales here." ((in 116 reviews)); "Great work life balance (ex/ Fri" ((in 77 reviews)); "The team is great and smart" ((in 52 reviews)); "• Great leadership that truly is customer centric" ((in 46 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 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.

What Slack locations have received the highest employee ratings?

Los Angeles , Denver , New York , San Francisco , Chicago , Dallas , Seattle

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3.9

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 3.9 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 Information Technology industry (3.6 stars).

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1K reviews

2.0

Jan 14, 2020

Bad Traditional Management

Front end engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Slack has a beautiful office in SF which is one of the most wonderful offices I have worked at Aesthetically. Good Co-workers who are nice and work together collaboratively

Cons

Everything else especially Management. The Management is very traditional, and has low diversity although Slack stresses on being a very diverse culture and tries to portray this via Social Media or Articles however internally that's not very true. There are no Managers who I can relate to who, like other Unicorn startups are less traditional, new generation, energetic and diverse. I also wish we had a more Front End specific Managers because most Managers here are not very good at Front End Engineering which causes discussion gaps between Engineers and Managers.

4.0

Dec 28, 2018

Good Leader, fast growth

Project manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

CEO has a great vision and values, good benefits, good values

Cons

hypergrowth means little time to reflect

5.0

Jul 16, 2018

Manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The NICEST, most thoughtful company culture I've ever experienced. I have not met a jerk yet and bullying / fear-inducing is NOT tolerated here. It's amazing to feel safe, considered, and heard here. The benefits are amazing - all monthly medical premiums are covered for the employee and family. The annual personal development ($500)and professional development ($2,000) funds are compelling. Slack's mission in making work simpler, more productive, and more pleasant truly resonates internally and externally - and I see so many positive reactions from within and from our customers. It's truly what we are built for and it keeps the morale, quality of product, and culture thriving.

Cons

The NICEST, most thoughtful company culture I've ever experienced. Yes, our biggest strength can be our biggest weakness. Sometimes, crucial conversations can be difficult when we are too focused on being nice than simply telling what the problem and solution is. But honestly, this is the biggest problem I've encountered so far and I'll take that over any other company.

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