The popular messaging app Slack, heavily used by remote workers, was hit with a service outage Monday as employees reported to work for the first time in 2021.
"Customers may have trouble loading channels or connecting to Slack at this time," the app's managers wrote in a message to users
The app was down for more than two hours during the first major workday of the year, but by
"While the issue is largely still ongoing, we believe some customers may see improvement in connecting to Slack after a refresh (
The Downdector website fielded 15,000 reports of Slack going offline at
The messaging app, made by
The company was purchased last year by
Its outage produced bemused comments from social media users, some of whom seemed anxious to extend the holiday weekend.
"If Slack is down for 15 minutes, the workday is canceled. I don't make the rules," wrote Twitter user
"Slack being down on the morning we all return to work feels like 2021 promising it will be a bit kinder to us all," tweeted
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