Re:A major reason for departures at Slack was “remote work r...
by spurdoman77 on Monday May 25, 2020 @03:36AM
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> Slack the company really needs to embrace distributed work practices if they want to actually build a tool for distributed work practices.
> Slack has totally become a drag on productivity and a net negative. Channel and message overload is arguably not much better than the email system it is meant to replace.
> My prediction is that Slack will be replaced quite quickly by the first tool that really nails remote messaging and coordination. Slack is not it.
"Slack the company really needs to embrace distributed work practices if they want to actually build a tool for distributed work practices."
The question is, do they? In the companies I have been working in, slack has been a communication tool like email or sms. Doesnt really have stance on whether the work should be remote or not.
> Slack has totally become a drag on productivity and a net negative. Channel and message overload is arguably not much better than the email system it is meant to replace.
> My prediction is that Slack will be replaced quite quickly by the first tool that really nails remote messaging and coordination. Slack is not it.
"Slack the company really needs to embrace distributed work practices if they want to actually build a tool for distributed work practices."
The question is, do they? In the companies I have been working in, slack has been a communication tool like email or sms. Doesnt really have stance on whether the work should be remote or not.