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 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

(1,096 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 1,096 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 IT (Information Technology) industry (3.9 stars).

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1K reviews

5.0

Nov 19, 2022

Great

Senior staff product designer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

It has a great design culture!

Cons

None that I can think of.

5.0

Nov 11, 2022

Great Company

Solution engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

People are lovely, some good perks

Cons

Culture change since Salesforce acquisition

4.0

Nov 7, 2022

Great people and culture

Account executive

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Everyone is so nice and willing to help their teammates.

Cons

I have been told I could work from anywhere, but this is not the reality. We have to go to the office every week unfortunately.

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