Hootsuite Reviews

Pros

very flexible work hour
work life balance
Vacation, parental and maternity leave benefit
Excellent working environment

Pros

-good people
-nice office
-great work life balance
-good vacation

Pros

Talented, passionate and energetic workforce

Pros

Good team, office space, atmosphere

Pros

At an individual contributor level you will find an amazing amount of talent and passion across many different teams. You will meet a lot of really good people, learn lots and develop many friendships. If this is what you're looking for because you've never been part of a strong peer team environment or you want to get back into one as an individual then this is a good place for you.

Advice to Management

The junior VPs are all good people with very different experiences but are all way over their heads. Each department with these leaders including Product, Engineering, Alliances and Corporate Development needs an executive who has done the same job at a bigger scale so the company can advance and grow or show that they can be on that path. I don't think that has happened yet. When you have a VP in a company the size and with the growth potential of Hootsuite who likely would be a Sr. Manager or at best a Director in another company for that same role, that's a signal for change. In many of these cases these are first time VPs and the hardest job they've ever had which for this stage of the business makes zero sense.

The senior VPs in Marketing, Sales and HR one do not seem to be aligned with each other and two are not in tune with the individuals who do the work. Some people will use the word toxic depending on which team you're on. In Sales you have a very experienced exec from big on premise software company and we are not seeing success. It's not the right fit for the next stage of this business and after three years in his role which has basically proved the commercial model is where we should double down, you don't need the big enterprise field leaders who have shown they can't adapt anymore. He's not the peoples choice and they all want someone to follow. Give that to them and you will see amazing things happen. The Marketing leader is exceptionally strong and has shown an ability to adapt. The HR leader seems very approachable and down to earth but there's too much weirdness in some of the people and organizational structure decisions that raise questions.

At an individual level, you'll be challenged to find better people anywhere. There are some super strong managers and directors who know and love this business and who the individuals will follow. At the grassroots and bottoms up the team has given it everything they can and hold each other accountable. It's time for the executive team to get to the same standard or you'll continue to lose good people who leave because of poor or unaligned management.

Be more visible. Remote VPs don't work when the teams are in an office. There's no way they wouldn't be more effective if they were in the office and present with their teams every day. What's the point of remote VPs when the teams are centralized? VPs in Vancouver - there is more than 1 office and they are only a couple blocks from each other. Be present or let someone who will do the job.

Pros

great product in basic functionality, great industry

Advice to Management

bring in talented new leaders with a successful background from working in (large technology enterprise businesses) that can help grow and transform the business

Pros

- Laid-back culture
- Great office perks

Pros

• Great place to kickoff your career in tech if you are fresh out of school
• Work life balance

Advice to Management

Monitor the managers by pulling them aside and asking them what they have done for their respective team. Get rid of unnecessary layers of management.

Pros

Fun work environment, very smart people, opportunity to carve out your own career path.

Advice to Management

Be transparent with direction/ goals of the business and provide leadership on mapping how these goals are connected to the daily work of varying teams. Work is done in silos and can sometimes seem futile.

Pros

- Great work life balance and high degree of autonomy
- The people are kind, smart, and genuine

Advice to Management

- Bring in more outsiders like Greg P. to add some structure, provide the company with direction, and create a sense of purpose for the teams.