A major reason for departures at Slack was “remote work request rejected”

Re:A major reason for departures at Slack was “remote work r... by darekkay on Monday May 25, 2020 @09:02AM (#23300527)

> My prediction is that Slack will be replaced quite quickly by the first tool that really nails remote messaging and coordination

Doist, the remote-only company behind Todoist, created Twist [1] to address this issue.

[1] https://twist.com/slack-alternative

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Re:A major reason for departures at Slack was “remote work r... by maxgt on Monday May 25, 2020 @12:13PM (#23302441)

We (fully remote team) made the switch from Slack to Twist about two years ago and never looked back. They really focus on asynchronous communication.

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Re:A major reason for departures at Slack was “remote work r... by phixiuz on Monday May 25, 2020 @07:22PM (#23305929)

Twist was a true game changer for our remote team, been using it for over a year now after 3 years of slack. Before, with slack, we also experienced the typical frustrations of it being very distracting, and the synchronous communication could often lead to unneeded tensions within the team. Since adopting Twist, our workplace is now much calmer and more productive! They also dogfood their own product, and their team has been remote from the start AFAIK.

(fyi, not affiliated with them in any way, just really happy with their product, they deserve a shout-out!)

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Re:A major reason for departures at Slack was “remote work r... by dorian-graph on Monday May 25, 2020 @11:27AM (#23302020)

I hope Twist takes off. I'd like to give it a go.

Forums are great for structured conversations, but poor for unstructured—and Slack is the opposite.

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