What Culture Code? - Software Engineer (Swe II) HubSpot Employee Review

2.0
Feb 7, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good work-life balance You’ll work with some of the smartest people you’ll ever meet Good internal programming

Cons

Compensation is below competitors Very hard to get promoted unless you schmooze with upper management. Codebase is full of spaghetti and bandaids. You’ll be shocked if you come from engineering elsewhere. Leadership is not transparent or trustworthy. Surprised all of us with a layoff at the start of Q1 after telling us in a company-wide meeting that it was only a possibility depending on our Q1 performance.

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2.0
May 22, 2026
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Pros

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.

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