In the face of mounting pressure to downsize, and with Salesforce seemingly still recuperating from its pandemic-era hiring spree, the company is diving back into the realm of hiring once more—starting with its messaging subsidiary, Slack.
In a note to staff Tuesday, Slack CEO Lidiane Jones announced that the company is looking to hire for a "significant number of new roles" in Q3 on the product development engineer (PDE) team, according to a message viewed by Fortune. These roles will be focused on generative A.I. among other Slack features like Huddles and Lists. This comes less than six months after Slack parent company Salesforce laid off 10% of its staff, about 8,000 people, in Q1 of this year.
