HubSpot is a fantastic company to work for. They give you the freedom to design your own work projects. The opportunity to work alongside incredibly smart people and solve big, real-world problems. They actually care about the customers we're solving problems for. Everyone is seen as a "leader," and the professional growth opportunities are immense. Great ideas, dedication and work ethic, and emotional intelligence are valued more than anything. Plus, the office and all the benefits.
Cons
It's challenging, hard work. It can be stressful at times. And as a large company, it's competitive — not only to get hired, but once you're here, too. But it's exciting work, and it'll push you to grow in ways you never thought imaginable.
HubSpot Response
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Thanks for the feedback-I would agree the work is challenging, alongside the pace, and that both can feel daunting at times, so it's good for folks to know standards are high, but I agree with you that the quality of the people we work with and problems we solve helps make this a pretty great place to work. I also love that you call out EQ and how it's prioritized at HubSpot-I happen to agree and hope we continue to prioritize it alongside empathy as we grow. Thanks for your feedback and all of your hard work! -Katie
Great people, everyone is so understanding and supportive.
Culture is fun and energizing, people seem happy to be here. There's lots of ways to get involved outside of your day job.
Awesome benefits and flexibility - love the remote first work environment, week of rest, open PTO, etc.
Robust tech stack - lots of tools available for me to do my job.
Cons
Experiencing some growing pains but leadership seems receptive to feedback on it.
The teams you work with are phenomenal. The knowledge combination between an internal customer facing teams, engineering product development teams, and Sales are unmatched.
Cons
Excessive use of PIPs to oust employees after multiple high revenue launches, with no explanation, actual documentation, or factual data. Reviews have been adjusted to allow for terminations post pre-approved leaves.
Salaries are a joke.
You are always in a cover yourself mode 24/7.
Management reviews are consistently a 2 or 3 out of 5 no matter what. If a team decides you aren’t in the group, management will put you on a “unofficial” PIP without telling you, in order to surprise you at a later date. Even if they are unfounded.
Beware of possibility of negative backlash post launches. They will feel the need to assign blame ( such as for timelines or issues related to bugs). Regardless of performance or level of involvement.
This is an enormous company with many large paths for career advancement. But micro management is rampant, leaving little room for doing the daily expectations of your actual role. This degrades your opportunities for career advancement.