You're not fired, Slack is down - here's what we know so far

Slack If you use Slack for work, you're (probably) not fired. But it might be a good time to take a long lunch break. The widely used workplace platform is facing serious issues today, with many users unable to log in at all. Affected users trying to access Slack (myself included) are greeted with a message saying, "We're having trouble loading your workspace." The message continues: "This is one of those times when we're not sure what went wrong, but we do have some suggestions that might help." Also: 6 Slack tips I swear by to turn a chaotic workspace into a well-oiled machine Those suggestions, including restarting Slack, do not fix the problem. Just before noon ET, reports of problems skyrocketed on DownDetector, a popular site for tracking outages. Reports are subsiding, but many people still say they can't log in. As of 1 p.m., the official Slack system status page says many features are fine, but shows that messaging, login, connectivity, apps, and workflow are all affected ... Read full article.