It’s not what it seems; culture code is smoke and mirrors - Senior UX Designer HubSpot Employee Review

3.0
25 Feb 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Great pay & benefits , interesting projects and great coworkers.

Cons

High pressure, working in American high performance culture and really really bad American managers & directors throughout UX. Managers aren’t trained to work with different cultures, working standards or even work with people with disabilities. US office treats Dublin office like it’s disposable and a novelty rather than it being a partnership and an equal. Culture code is all smoke and mirrors. They don’t really practice it, it’s just a marketing project they use to sell to get customers to trust their business model. HubSpot is really good at selling a warm and empathetic company that cares but the internal reality is actually more ruthless.

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HubSpot Response
3y
Lots to take in here and sorry to read your frustration. I would strongly push back on us treating Dublin like it's disposable. We took employee rep feedback incredibly seriously as part of our consultation process and have delayed a significant amount of messaging internally out of respect for our colleagues outside the US. There's certainly always more we can do to be more global first and inclusive, and I take that feedback completely on board, but I don't think it's fair to say we treat Ireland as disposable by any stretch. We'll learn from some of the feedback, thanks for sharing it and helping our team grow in the Product Pillar. -Katie

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