Running out of orange kookade - Anonymous employee HubSpot Employee Review

3.0
3 Mar 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Usual IT perks- free food, free sweets, free beer. Educational allowance. Laid back attitude when performing well from most managers.

Cons

The lack of proper planning is glaring at times - the let's see how things go and then react attitude may work for management in terms of staying flexible but it affects the sales floor morale, stress levels and promotion path. US centric thinking, the company hasn't mastered the art of localisation. There's a real sense of the have and have nots.

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HubSpot Response
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Sorry to hear your sentiment about both lack of forward-thinking planning and a truly global approach-that's certainly the exact opposite of what we strive for on both counts. I'm sure you've heard that we are planning the company meeting at the end of the month in Dublin specifically to highlight our EMEA customers, partners, and employees, so I'm hoping I have the chance to catch up with you in person there to hear more about how we can improve. Always feel free to email me directly if there are specific actions that can move the needle here; in the meantime, appreciate you sharing your sentiments with our team to help us get better. -Katie

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