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 206 reviews)); "SFDC offers great benefits and salarys..." ((in 105 reviews)); "The work/life balance is great (work hard and go home)" ((in 79 reviews)); "The team is great and smart" ((in 61 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)); "Impossibly fast change, questionable leadership decisions, product decisions feel half baked, absolutely enormous company with frequent layoffs." ((in 9 reviews)); "Lack of diversity in sales teams now that Salesforce leadership has taken over." ((in 8 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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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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1K reviews

5.0

Aug 26, 2022

Great Company

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Amazing place to work, great people, great benefits

Cons

Nothing at all can think of

5.0

Aug 14, 2022

Great culture

Account executive

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Fantastic environment and collaborative. Salesforce acquisition made it better.

Cons

Can’t think of many drawbacks. Really great company

5.0

Aug 13, 2022

Great company - Downhill from salesforce

Mid market account executive

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Pay sales people well, plenty of accelerators and opportunities to multiple commission Product and people are amazing

Cons

Career growth is uncertain Salesforce acquisition has lead to leaders and top performers leaving

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