High expectations - Finance HubSpot Employee Review

2.0
Feb 17, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The stock based compensation is a great benefit.

Cons

Even though they are full remote and offer unlimited PTO, I am never able to take time off. I have even had my manager decline a vacation request during a non busy work time. I am unable to have appointments during the workday because my manager schedules meeting over them or constantly slacks me during the appointment. She also slacks me at all hours of the day. There is no work life balance. The expectation is you are on the clock 24/7 and must be available at all time. Another con is the promotion process is extremely slow. If you want to get promoted, even if your manager agrees, be prepared to have to prove it over three performance cycles and document extremely high performance.

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HubSpot Response
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Sorry to read/here this, particularly on the work-life balance side of things. I will flag this to our Finance HRBP for visibility and awareness and appreciate you flagging our way. -Katie

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