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Q&A With Slack Employees
We’re on a mission to make working life simpler, more pleasant and more productive – for everyone. Helping improve people’s experience of working life is one of the things we at Slack have set out to do.
How employees describe working at Slack
The team and cocworkers environment
Best communication platform on the market.
Very friendly, social, easily reachable
It has been great, a lot of work but rewarding
Interconnectivity - it can be connected to many other applications and accounts.
What it's like to work at Slack
- Slack employees generally work 8.7 hrs a day
- Employees at Slack report the work pace is comfortably fast
- On a typical day, employees at Slack have 1 meeting
- 92% of Slack employees look forward to interacting with their team every day
- Slack employees most often take 20-30 paid vacation and sick days each year
- 100% of Slack employees report they are happy with their work life balance
- Slack employees typically get valuable feedback on how to improve at work Every Week
- 89% of Slack employees call their work environment positive
Q&A With Slack Employees
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What is most positive about the culture and environment at Slack?
Top Employee Response
People are friendly, but sometimes you get the sense that it's a bit artificial (i.e. we don't like to talk about problems)
Like the people, the company is supportive, has tons of empathy, and is great at letting us get our work done.
What are some of the best things about your team at Slack?
Top Employee Response
Every single person I've interacted with at the company is smart, understanding, and helpful. My core team is like a family.
Everyone is smart and friendly. My team is half women and very diverse.
What does the leadership team at Slack need to get better at?
Top Employee Response
Trust. Building a top-notch engineering culture.
They talk a great talk about values. But they feel more like a way to hide politics than something that the leadership team lives.
What makes you most happy at Slack?
Top Employee Response
Finishing a project, helping people out, & getting more features out the door into the hands of customers so they can make great things too.
Making company-wide impact.
How much diversity is there among employees at Slack?
some
How's the leadership on the Engineering team at Slack?
Diverse
How's the feedback proccess at Slack?
it's fine
What kind of people succeed at Slack?
curious, hardworking, intellectually humble, down to earth people
How can I improve my chances of being hired at Slack?
Go above and beyond, have some personality
How secure do you feel at your job at Slack?
secure
What's the best part of your job at Slack?
people
How do you feel about Slack's future?
confident
How's the work pace at Slack?
pretty fast
How challenged are you at Slack?
pretty challenged
How often do raises happen at Slack?
one or twice a year
What do you like best about the leadership team at Slack?
Top Employee Response
Clear vision and goals, always pushing us forward.
What is the best part about your compensation package at Slack?
Paid well, above what I used to get in a similar position.
What needs to change to make the company culture better at Slack?
Our values mean almost nothing. We need to do more than talk about them—we need to see examples from the _top_ about how to _live_ them.
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How are the benefits at Slack for employees in Engineering?
Slack's Engineering team rates their overall benefits an A- and most of them think the perks are Good. 80% of Slack employees in Engineering say they are satisfied with their benefits. The majority of employees in Engineering also get 20-30 days of paid vacation, and most of them believe the cash value of their benefits is $1500 - $2500/mo.
How's career growth and advancement at Slack?
67% of the same employees also feel like Slack is invested in their career growth. On average, majority of employees do not have a mentor to help them navigate their career at Slack.
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Should I work at Slack?
72% of Slack employees would encourage their friends to become coworkers, whereas 14% are neutral and 14% would not recommend working at Slack to their friends.
| 72% | Promoters |
|---|---|
| 14% | Passive |
| 14% | Detractors |
