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We all remember where we were when it happened. One year ago, jittery employers in the UK told their staff to pack up and leave their offices to wait out the pandemic. Many people havenât set foot in them since.
Desk plants have died, kettles have sat dormant, the rats have taken over. And, for an entire year, Slack has acted as the de-facto digital office replacement, providing an important lifeline for corporate communications, group projects, endless emojis and gossip. It was a trial by fire for a service whose mission statement is to make people s working lives âsimpler, more pleasant, and more productiveâ. By this measure, it failed.