Is Slack a good company to work for?

Slack has an overall rating of 3.9 out of 5, based on over 1,230 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 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 been stable over the past 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 (64) , Senior Software Engineer (49) , Customer Experience Agent (28) , Senior Account Executive (26) , Enterprise Account Executive (23) , Customer Success Manager (21) , Manager (17) , Sales (16) , 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 197 reviews)); "Great benefits and all the resources you need to do well in sales here." ((in 100 reviews)); "Great work life balance (ex/ Fri" ((in 79 reviews)); "The team is great and smart" ((in 54 reviews)); "• Great leadership that truly is customer centric" ((in 43 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 12 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 are the top reviewed Slack locations?

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Slack reviews

3.9

77% would recommend to a friend

(403 total reviews)

Stewart Butterfield

88% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Work/Life balance

4.2

Compensation and benefits

4.1

Diversity & inclusion

3.9

Culture & values

3.7

Career opportunities

3.4

Senior management

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Reviews by job title

403 reviews

Reviews about "Culture"

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4.0

Oct 13, 2020

Great Culture with growing pains+competion

Staff engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Great Work Life Balance. This company walks the talk and it comes right from the top. - Great teamwork and collaboration - Ability to work on an enterprise product that isn't boring and that you can easily explain to friends and family - Good benefits and compensation(almost on par with Facebook & Google)

Cons

- Not all teams are equal. Some teams are doing top notch front-facing work while others are just maintaining/adding incremental features. But you at least have the flexibility to change teams every 6 months. - Management is a little reluctant to make more bolder/wide bets and likes sticking to safe plays. A little out of the box thinking could go a long way especially given the competition. - Microsoft Teams continues to be the biggest threat to the future but the company is still winning on it's own with recent big deals with Amazon, Verizon, etc - Obviously the company is still trying to get in the good books of Wall Street with the stock not really benefiting from the pandemic uncertainty unlike it's peers like Zoom, DocuSign, etc in spite of having in line revenues.

Slack Response

5y

Thanks for your feedback. Here at Slack, we strive to provide the best perks and benefits for our employees to thrive--so we’re so glad to hear that you’re happy in that regard! Regarding your concern about work distribution across teams: we would suggest reaching out to your manager and department people partner to discuss this matter with them further. Thanks again for your thoughts!

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

5.0

Oct 13, 2020

Extremely hardworking, creative, kind group of people

Anonymous

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

I feel like a lot of people on the outside have this idea of what Slack is like internally and they’re generally pretty spot on. It’s a group full of creative, smart, inclusive people trying to make the world a better place. I feel genuinely supported by Stewart and our executive team down to manager level and my teammates. Slack has handled remote work incredibly and has bent over backwards to make sure their employees are okay. I feel lucky to work at a place like this and am so excited about the future of work with Slack.

Cons

Like any company, Slack has disconnected systems within sales and marketing which makes projects difficult to run end to end. But we now have dedicated resources that are helping bridge the gap.

Slack Response

5y

Hello! Thank you for the review. We love your point about our team of creative, smart, inclusive people. We will continue to lean in and provide you with the resources you need to be successful here. Thanks again! -Slack

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