[foobaw]

It's unclear if these were private messages. It's possible these were posted on public channels. AFAIK, Slack doesn't allow companies/IT access to private messages unless there are legal implications.

[tw04]

There are multiple articles about the issue and it literally states they were private messages in them.

https://www.businessinsider.com/netflix-fires-marketing-exec...

> Netflix has fired three senior executives within its film marketing team for airing complaints via private Slack messages

Yes, slack absolutely allows IT to view your private messages.

https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/1/24/21079275/slack-private-...

[sMarsIntruder]

As far as I know you can ask a complete dump of their DB through a simple GDPR request.