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I've witnessed firsthand that the main problem of Teams is that Slack is now so deeply wired into our daily working life that people cplain about Teams just bec

I've witnessed firsthand that the main problem of Teams is that Slack is now so deeply wired into our daily working life that people cplain about Teams just because it differs from Slack. It doesn't even matter if the choices and ergonomics are better or worse... Since it's just not-Slack, it gets rejected by a certain (IMO quite large) share of the population.

whimsicalism 4y ago
Teams legitimately crashes every single time I open it. The stability is just.... not up to professional working standards. My company tried to switch to Teams and there was practically an employee uprising... it now sticks to Teams for all non-eng while eng does Slack.
- xcambar 4y ago
  > it now sticks to Teams for all non-eng while eng does Slack. Why did the other depts stick to Teams? Your comment seems to precisely prove my point, when reading it from my seat :D
  - whimsicalism 4y ago
    Lots of pressure from the top to use Teams for what one might call political reasons.
  - albedoa 4y ago
    > Why did the other depts stick to Teams? You misunderstand. They didn't have a say.
  - dijit 4y ago
    Other departments do what IT tell them, for the most part. eng usually knows about tech tools better than other departments. For programs: Ask the finance department about Sage and excel and they will have opinions.
ecshafer 4y ago
I used Teams for several years before ever using slack. And honestly, Teams is hands down one of the absolute worst pieces of software I have ever used. Its slow, it has a terrible UI, it's clunky, it drops calls, uses tons of memory. Its absolute garbage. I've only used Slack for a few months and I think its lightyears better.
- Aeolun 4y ago
  For me I’m not even concerned with the specifics. The idea of using Teams fills me with dread. Slack does not. I do not want to spend any amount of time in my day thinking about the specifics of my chat app.

whimsicalism 4y ago

Teams legitimately crashes every single time I open it. The stability is just.... not up to professional working standards. My company tried to switch to Teams and there was practically an employee uprising... it now sticks to Teams for all non-eng while eng does Slack.

xcambar 4y ago
> it now sticks to Teams for all non-eng while eng does Slack. Why did the other depts stick to Teams? Your comment seems to precisely prove my point, when reading it from my seat :D
- whimsicalism 4y ago
  Lots of pressure from the top to use Teams for what one might call political reasons.
- albedoa 4y ago
  > Why did the other depts stick to Teams? You misunderstand. They didn't have a say.
- dijit 4y ago
  Other departments do what IT tell them, for the most part. eng usually knows about tech tools better than other departments. For programs: Ask the finance department about Sage and excel and they will have opinions.

ecshafer 4y ago

I used Teams for several years before ever using slack. And honestly, Teams is hands down one of the absolute worst pieces of software I have ever used. Its slow, it has a terrible UI, it's clunky, it drops calls, uses tons of memory. Its absolute garbage. I've only used Slack for a few months and I think its lightyears better.

Aeolun 4y ago
For me I’m not even concerned with the specifics. The idea of using Teams fills me with dread. Slack does not. I do not want to spend any amount of time in my day thinking about the specifics of my chat app.