Building Slack Dublin from People

James Sherrett recounts his experience of building Slack's team in Dublin from three to 62 employees over 27 months. The journey involved adapting recruitment strategies, localizing the hiring process, and selling Slack to prospective employees alongside customers.

Sherrett highlights the initial successes and subsequent challenges in hiring the right talent, including notable hires like Alia Lamadaar, Paul Murray, and others. He reflects on some of the lessons learned and the unique qualities that made Slack's Dublin team successful. He touches on local recruitment methods, including challengine recruiters and seeking employee referrals, that eventually led to a promising Slack Dublin.

00:00 Introduction: A Slack Story by James Sherrett

00:18 Building the team: from 3 to 62 in Dublin

00:53 The transposed hiring process: screening and interviewing

01:52 Selling Slack to candidates

04:30 Challenges in recruitment

05:56 Adapting Slack to Ireland

08:14 Success stories: small wins and first 5 key hires

11:48 A little from column A, a little from column B

12:11 Walking and talking: the Ciaran Chaney experience

14:36 Conclusion: Slack is made of people

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