Terrible place - Senior Software Engineer II HubSpot Employee Review

1.0
Apr 13, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

In theory remote work, but it's not great anyway if you're constantly scrutinized and monitored

Cons

- Constant scrutiny and monitoring - Unrealistic expectations (you're supposed to be some sort of a mix of a genius product visionary and brilliant engineer who delivers any project in 6 weeks, and also internally promotes and markets it - i.e. a hybrid of Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, working for 1/10000 of their money) - Robotic and stiff atmosphere, can't joke around/banter, etc.

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5.0
May 4, 2026
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Pros

Work life balance Lovely colleagues Good salary pay out

Cons

Disruptions of ai - Saaspocalypse How the company pivot in the next 1-2 years will be crucial

2.0
May 22, 2026
Recommend
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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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