Work from home
Although Slack also runs on Slack, the company had a work-at-office culture. As the company closed its offices in March, the executive made a series of decisions to make its mission clearer: Slack would take care of its people first during this crisis. In turn, those employees would take care of their customers.
- They offered to reimburse each employee up to $500 for whatever equipment they needed to do their jobs at home.
- When the schools closed, they advised people to work when they could.
- They encouraged their employees to log out and take care of their kids and families.
- They offer to pay employees their full salaries.
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