
The outlet reported that Tesla uses a solution called Mattermost, as well as Microsoft Outlook and Teams. Second, The Platformer reported that Slack may have been deliberately turned off to see if Twitter’s remaining employees could handle daily operations using less expensive tools. have faced alleged rent issues under CEO Elon Musk’s leadership, so it is possible that Slack also went down due to non-payment of its outstanding bills. First, some employees believed that Slack was inaccessible because it hadn’t been paid for. There were two major theories that could explain why Slack was down. Slack was down on February 22 and 23, prompting some employees to even take time off as they couldn’t complete their deliverables. However, a Slack employee who spoke to the outlet denied this allegation. In the penultimate week of February, Twitter’s staff was reportedly told that their company’s Slack instance was under “routine maintenance” and couldn’t be used, according to tech outlet The Platformer. However, Slack, the communication solution used by Twitter employees has gone down, triggering chaos across departments. The story so far: While companies cannot function safely without enterprise-grade communication tools, a vast Big Tech company like Twitter whose offices and employees are scattered across the world are extra dependent on their messaging services and resource hubs.
