Slack Lacks a Way to Remove Former Employees From a Workspace
A workspace admin reports no way to remove former employees from their Slack workspace, leaving departed staff with continued access to internal conversations. This offboarding gap creates a confidentiality and access-control risk that was severe enough for the reviewer to abandon the product.
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