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Wow, no. I suppose it would be fine if you had a Slack integration that was a front-end to a proper piece of accounting software. But a completely ad-hoc syst
by perardi 4y ago
Wow, no.
I suppose it would be fine if you had a Slack integration that was a front-end to a proper piece of accounting software.
But a completely ad-hoc system where accounting and auditors have to grep a giant chat log for an emoji is going to get you sent to some special level of finance hell. Nobody will have any transparency into why a request was approved, who approved it, and why. How do you possibly hand off the history of reimbursements to someone who is hired later, and how do you possibly create a structured report for auditors?
And I’ll even object to your supposition that finance software is hard to use. We use Brex for a corporate card, and it’s a totally smooth process, with a great app and website.
- molsongolden 4y agoNot disagreeing here, just adding notes. An example of a Slack integration front-end to proper software: Ramp[0] has a decent Slack integration for in-Slack reimbursement approvals. It's easier than navigating their web app. Also, Brex is pretty polished today but even they started out as a junk show. Stripe started out as total chaos. Many of the neobanks... Most fintech startups out there started as three engineers in a trench coat 1) hustling for traction then 2) scrambling to get a scalable (and auditable, and reconciling...) system in place before user growth crushed them. [0] https://ramp.com/ https://ramp.com/
- perardi 4y agoOh, sure, to be fair, I only just started with Brex. And I am comparing their website to consumer-facing Chase—was just superficially impressed how much nicer Brex’s UI looks, and also feels more performant.