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Teams is utter crap. People only use it because their IT departments tell them they have to. It’s like anti-virus and about as useful.
by badgersnake 2y ago
Teams is utter crap. People only use it because their IT departments tell them they have to. It’s like anti-virus and about as useful.
- Marsymars 2y agoAnd yet, it's better than the alternatives. It replaced Cisco Jabber at my workplace.
- badgersnake 2y agoIt isnt. Slack is better. Google meet is better. Even Zoom is better and their approach to UX design is randomization.
- urda 2y ago> It isn't. Slack is better. "You don't get it Steve, that doesn't matter." [1] That actually does not matter if Teams is making larger progress than Slack. I prefer Slack over Teams too, but to disregard the market force and market position of Teams is naive. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFcb-XF1RPQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFcb-XF1RPQ
- badgersnake 2y agoI don’t disregard its market position. I just don’t have anything to say about it.
- Marsymars 2y agoSure, I prefer Slack to Teams, but I'd take almost anything over Jabber, and Slack was never a real option.
- toomuchtodo 2y agoWhy would that matter? Certainly, important to know the why, but more important is the outcome. "Who are you selling to?" and "Who has the spend/budget?" are most important. Tragic, for sure.
- nine_k 2y agoIf Teams is problematic enough, and enough upper-middle folks who have to use it are unhappy and want more productive tools, the guys with the spending power may decide otherwise. Salaries are a far bigger expense than chat software licenses; wasting 1% of time of 50 highest-paid employees would tip the scale on numbers alone.
- DamnInteresting 2y agoAgreed. I am required to use Teams at my day job, and it feels like a rushed product from a soulless company--because that's exactly what it is.