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 improved by 1% over the last 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 201 reviews)); "SFDC offers great benefits and salarys..." ((in 112 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 42 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 16 reviews)); "Many layoffs." ((in 10 reviews)); "Limited career opportunities / development" ((in 5 reviews)); "Upper management is amazing and is trying to promote a culture that no" ((in 3 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.

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 IT (Information Technology) industry (3.9 stars).

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1K reviews

5.0

Sep 18, 2019

Amazing company

Bdr

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Been working at Slack since April 2019- so far no complaints whatsoever. Amazing benefits, awesome co-workers, humble CEO, and such a collaborative culture that promotes innovative ideas throughout every department.

Cons

No LA office yet :)

5.0

Sep 18, 2019

Great place to work

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- great benefits & pay - healthy work/life balance - mentorship & career development resources - commitment to diversity & inclusions - continuing education opportunities - cool, change-making product

Cons

- frequent change - working in a remote office (not SF) can seem exclusionary at times (but most internal teams in Denver are great & stick together)

5.0

Sep 17, 2019

Company with a mission, and a heart

Product manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

World class people, world class product, deeply connected to serving our customers.

Cons

Still working on scaling our processes and decision making systems

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