Toxic - Anonymous employee HubSpot Employee Review

1.0
Aug 1, 2021
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Perks are great and lots of wonderful team members. Unlimited vacation is great and people use their vacation. Strong diversity and inclusion program.

Cons

There’s a very toxic undertone in certain teams. Leadership are happy to turn a blind eye to this if they see results. Managers are very competitive at any cost. Fear and bullying is common! Employees are “gone” overnight. The perks are thrown at employees and the talk of mental health supports are there, as long as unrealistic goals are met. A lot of politics and changes in leadership means that very little gets done because the targets keep moving. Not a nice experience.

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HubSpot Response
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Sorry to hear this was your experience with us and that you felt things were political and messy in the middle. We will look to grow from this feedback and will ensure we keep an eye on the data about middle management here. Thanks so much, Katie

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