Took the place of texts, calls, and emails at our virtual office

I work at a small accounting firm with about 11 staff members. Before Slack we used a hodgepodge of methods of communication such as texting, gChat, email, and phone calls. However, now that we have Slack it’s significantly reduced the amount of time I spend just using my thumbs to communicate, missing an email that just needed a quick response, or looking at the phone buzz and wondering if this will be a short or a long call. I never have to take my hands off the keyboard now, and I can quickly respond to the team, or send out easy clean messages in the various #channels whether they’re at their computer or on their mobiles.

I’m not a security expert; however, I do really like that if ever an employee leaves the firm I can pull them out of our Slack group. In contrast to texting where a sensitive piece of information might be stuck and that staff member’s phone or computer for good even after they leave, with Slack I can edit or erase old messages, or revoke their access completely. Thumbs up.

Last thing I’ll say is that it’s really helped our team collaboration. We have channels dedictated to our tax software, quickbooks, team meetings, or just random fun events happening in everyone’s lives. Even though we don’t have a physical office location, we still feel connected when we see the little green dots by each others’ names.

P.S. I really love the integration with Asana and Screenhero (and giphy). Those are just icing on the cake.

P.P.S. I also find their commentary on app udpates hilarious. Go read them sometime.

MisterLem about Slack for Desktop