Away is a startup company that specializes in luggage. Away is a digital-oriented company that often uses Slack, a new web-based communication method, for communication purposes. However, Away has recently been under scrutiny for firing employees that complained about their supervisors in a private channel on Slack. The situation at Away displays the controversial nature of Slack, an app centered on making company communication inclusive, as it decreases employee privacy.
See "Some Away workers were reportedly fired after bosses caught them complaining in a secret Slack channel", Aaron Holmes, Business Insider, December 6, 2019