Hootsuite Reviews

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Rapidly changing. This can be good, but it creates some uncertainty at times.

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Not much to say here. Salary could be higher, but given all the other pros I'd say it's quite fair.

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attrition rate is high so there's lots of employee churn

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It is very difficult to see a path for growth and there is no attention put to career development or feedback.

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Experience can be team dependent, culture is a little too easy going at time.

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- questionable upper management.
- Like in many sales jobs you must decide if meeting quota or doing what's best for the customer is the ideal outcome.
- quota is unrealistic for the vast majority of the sales team given many of the territories.

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Absolute chaos and lack of direction. Senior leadership tries to act as if they have it together, but if you get a chance to see behind the curtains it's clear they struggle to get along, and can't align on where the company is going.
Burnout culture. Expect to work 60+ hours per week every week, unless you're in Product and some pockets of Marketing.
Politics are incredibly thick and it can impact your ability to get a promotion or be rewarded.
The in-house benefits like yoga/fitness are just painting on the wall. When you are working 60+ hours per week and haven't taken a lunch break in a year, it's unachievable to go to a lunchtime fitness class.
Turnover is incredibly high and average tenure isn't more than a year and a half. It just contributes to the chaotic atmosphere.
Career opportunities aren't within, they're outside the Hootsuite walls once you've put in your time. Do your time, get the brand, and get out before the long hours and stress start affecting your health.
Despite what PR says, not chasing IPO opportunity anymore so don't go for that experience

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Compensation is way below market rate. Make sure you negotiate a good salary when you start here because getting a raise without a promotion is impossible.

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Review process informal and unstructured. Hiring is slow, hassle free coding not possible. Management lacking clear direction. Need a quiet space which was provided later on.

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The amount of missing senior leadership is very apparent. No CIO, COO, CTO, new CFO only just started in Jan 2018. There is a complete lack of unified direction for the company. With all of the missing pieces there is no experienced leadership that understands how departments functions together, or the business impact of what their departments decisions have on the rest of the org.

Middle management is made up of people that just happened to take over roles from all of the previous exits. They are trying to hire people with more experience (which is good), but the junior level middle management is threatened by the same experienced people they are looking to hire, so much of their experience is neglected or ignored. The inexperienced leadership will burn endless cycles trying to solve problems that have simple solutions- if only they would ask for help. This only further compounds cross org problems as the chasms between departmental silos grow wider.
Vancouver is still the center of the universe. If you don't live in Vancouver...don't bother working here. ALL of the "good" ideas come out of Vancouver. For such a small company that is global, it is amazing how Toronto and UK employees have such little voice when it comes to helping shape or influence overall business impact. UK employees stay late on calls to meet with Vancouver employees, but you'll seldom get someone in Vancouver to get on the phone before 8am.
The product is a mess and lacks considerable basic functionality that so many competitors have. ie - social listening beyond a handful of social channels