Leadership that trusts their employees - Senior Software Engineer Slack Employee Review

5.0
23 Aug 2020
Recommend
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Pros

- Autonomy in how to work gets done - Smart, collaborative, fun people - Leadership cares about the people, has been incredibly supportive of time off and life balance during COVID.

Cons

- Huge pay bands and very difficult to move up within one regardless of impact - make sure you negotiate aggressively at sign on, it might be your only real opportunity to for years. - Cross team collaboration can be hard to get organized/prioritized.

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5.0
16 Mar 2026
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Pros

- high per-hour pay - 10k housing stipend

Cons

- no overtime pay (or you can, but most don't log it since hourly pay is already so high)

4.0
11 May 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great people, no micro management, good work/life balance

Cons

Limited opportunities, lots of hiring freezes, limited transparency in leadership decisions

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