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Slack has raised our charges by $195k per year

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2071 points JustSkyfall | 3 comments | 18 Sep 25 01:37 UTC | HN request time: 0.742s | source
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novatea ◴[18 Sep 25 02:28 UTC] No.45284425[source]▶
Another Hack Club member here, this situation is hard on many of us since we built many of our projects around Slack integration, and we now have to rapidly re-code them so they don't break. It's not great, especially in the middle of the school week (reminder that hack club is a coding nonprofit for teenagers, so i have to go to school and have homework while doing this)
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lazystar ◴[18 Sep 25 05:37 UTC] No.45285843[source]▶
welcome to hacking, i guess. this is the real working experience that youll need in the industry
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elnerd ◴[18 Sep 25 06:14 UTC] No.45286094[source]▶
Getting the rug pulled under you does not qualify as an experience you need. It happens, but should not be in the curriculum for kids.

I am sure that being forced to spend time on this steals time from more interesting projects.

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fdsfdsfdsaasd ◴[18 Sep 25 10:30 UTC] No.45287920[source]▶
Skyfall have had awareness of this issue for months. If you're running a teaching service for kids, allowing this to hit the wall months later while telling the kids it's all someone else's fault is disingenuous and a poor example to set.
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p-t ◴[18 Sep 25 11:33 UTC] No.45288354[source]▶
This is incorrect, Hack Club was informed of this last Monday.
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1. fdsfdsfdsaasd ◴[18 Sep 25 12:15 UTC] No.45288669[source]▶
Informed of the final cut-off date, sure!

How long have they had the bill mentioned in the top comment on this post? At the very least it's 3 weeks, and the comment suggests it is months.

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2. sarlalian ◴[18 Sep 25 13:25 UTC] No.45289416[source]▶
It wasn’t slack, but I’ve had multiple vendors that I was in regular touch with, surprise me with pricing changes in the week(s) leading up to a contract renewal. Never quite this short notice, but definitely as little as 8 business days before the renewal was due.

Both times I’ve paid the new price for 1 year and cancelled. Both times our sales rep was surprised the next year when we didn’t renew.

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3. fdsfdsfdsaasd ◴[18 Sep 25 13:40 UTC] No.45289574[source]▶
In this case, it looks like Hack Club sat on a gargantuan bill for at least weeks and maybe months (see top comment on this post).

I'm not denying that what you describe happens, but in this case - ignoring the warning signs, letting the issue crash into a wall and then complaining online about it doesn't help anyone.