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 (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 196 reviews)); "• Surprisingly great benefits for a company of this size" ((in 111 reviews)); "Great work life balance (ex/ Fri" ((in 79 reviews)); "The team is great and smart" ((in 48 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 18 reviews)); "Impossibly fast change, questionable leadership decisions, product decisions feel half baked, absolutely enormous company with frequent layoffs." ((in 12 reviews)); "No career opportunities." ((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.

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Slack reviews

3.9

77% would recommend to a friend

(1,097 total reviews)

Stewart Butterfield

88% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

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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 Informatique industry (3.9 stars).

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4.0

Sep 3, 2023

N/A

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Learning, growth, and development. Collaborative environment and teamwork. Networking and professional connections.

Cons

Workload and time demands. Stress and work-life balance. Office politics and bureaucracy.

4.0

Aug 31, 2023

Was great, now just good.

Associate support engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good people Decent pay Good benefits

Cons

Micromanagement is in full swing and everyone hates it.

4.0

Aug 27, 2023

Good, but short stint

Senior staff software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

* Very welcoming atmosphere * Comprehensive documentation * Aspiring culture * Smart, kind people

Cons

* Salesforce's culture often contradicts and sometimes overrides Slack's culture * Hack isn't an inciting language * Lateral movement can be slow and difficult

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