Tech troubles | Slack outage highlights perils of remote working

Thousands of workers were left unable to contact their colleagues yesterday after one of the most popular remote work comms tools went down.

Many Slack users found themselves either unable to connect or log in to the messaging site on Tuesday, while others reported messages either not sending or disappearing instantly as they tried to communicate with co-workers.

On its Twitter account, the service said: “Some customer may be experiencing issues with loading Slack.

“We’ll provide a status update once we have more information. We’re sorry for the disruption.”