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Supercharge your Slack Productivity
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Fully understanding Slack's pros and cons will allow you to make an easier decision over the best way to communicate your intended message. Slack has been built to make working both easier and smoother for your whole team; however, there are some elements that you might want to consider when looking into the platform.
Here is a list of some of the pros of using Slack:
a. A beautiful user experience (UX) and UI
b. Clear channel and message designations
c. Intuitive for first-time users
a. Notifications for new messages
b. Easy-to-create group messaging
c. In-platform calls
d. Ability to add external parties to a channel
e. Transparency across the team
a. A detailed history of communications
b. Time and date details per message
c. Stored files shared on the platform
d. A filtering system when searching for a specific item
a. Dozens of Slack apps are available to integrate.
b. You have the ability to develop your own tool.
c. Multiple data points can be accessed from one platform.
Let's move on to the cons of Slack next.
Slack is an incredibly powerful platform to bring into your team's toolbox. However, there are a few elements where Slack falls short of in its development. They include the following:
Overwhelming: Many individuals are drawn to Slack for ease of communication and a social-like feel, yet this can easily be a con for many people. The line between work life and home life can start to blur when a message ping comes through, and you are compelled to respond. Other disadvantages in this space include the following:
Disorganization: Communications move so quickly on Slack that individuals can sometimes feel lost by the rapid pace. The platform also loses out on a number of customization features that could make the disorganization and faster pace easier to handle. Cons in this area include the following:
Though, like any platform, there are aspects of Slack that do not quite meet every team member's satisfaction, Slack has overwhelmingly proved to be a positive tool in the workplace. In comparison to its competitors, Slack provides a scale, from beginner start-ups to big-name corporations, that allows for a wide range of growth that other applications simply can't compete with.
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