Smartest people in the industry work here, agile teams, still feels like a startup. People and product focused.
Cons
Culture can feel cliquish to new employees, I've heard, but with the caveat that it's no different from any other mid-sized tech company in that regard.
HubSpot Response
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Thank you for your review, and for the thoughtful feedback. I love that HubSpot still is people and product focused, and I also love that you feel the trust we invest so heavily in our employees--it's one of the many reasons I love working here. I think the clique push is a good one--we are working on some ideas for onboarding that make it really easy to get involved at HubSpot in meaningful ways, and I am hoping that helps, but please let me know if you have other thoughts or input on how we can improve there, I welcome your input! -Katie
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.