5 Slack Integrations to Make Working Remotely Easier

At a time when so many of us have transitioned to working from home, office communication tools are generating a lot of buzz. One of the most popular chat and productivity apps is Slack, and with so many teams working remotely, companies are leaning on platform even more heavily.

If you and your team use Slack for day-to-day communication, these integrations can help boost your productivity and make staying organized a bit easier.

Standuply

Standuply bills itself as a project management digital assistant. Once integrated with your team’s Slack account, it will prompt you to run meetings like daily standups, gather team feedback, and more. While it’s geared toward startup and product teams, the meeting reminders could be helpful to any team that’s working remotely right now.

HourStack

Working from home constantly makes all of the days sort of blend together. Because of this very real work-life blur, keeping track of how much time you’re spending on a task has become even more important.

If you’re someone who tracks their hours working on a project, HourStack might also be a useful Slack integration for you. It makes it easy to start and stop timers, organize your time by project, and even get reports to see trends for how you spend your time. And it can all be done within Slack. When it’s time to send your next invoice to a client, it’ll be easy to see those hours tracked. 

Doodle

When meetings need to happen, Doodle’s Slack integration can make them a little easier to schedule. The popular scheduling tool’s integration, known as “Doodle Bot,” can help you see your team’s availability for a meeting with just one message. Your teammates can vote for the times that work for them, and everyone can quickly see when the meeting will take place.

Donut

While big group meetings may not be at the top of anyone’s list right now (even if you’ve got a cool background), staying connected with teammates is still important. Donut randomly matches up colleagues by sending them both a Slack message and inviting them to grab a virtual coffee together to catch up. I think this would be a great tool for companies who are onboarding new hires right now. Fostering connections among coworkers can go a long way toward making a new teammate feel welcome.

Polly

While productivity is definitely important when you’re working remotely, so is team morale. Not only does the Polly tool make it easy to gather feedback from your team, it also lets you set up games in Slack, create awards for employees, and more. It’s a nice reminder to use communication platforms like Slack to check in and take care of each other.