Great place for Software Engineers - Senior Software Engineer HubSpot Employee Review

5.0
Sep 29, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

- HubSpot doesn't just hire geniuses (like Google), they hire people who can and do talk to one another and make work fun. I hang out with my coworkers outside of work, because I actually like them. - There is so much opportunity to make an impact - Being B2B means that our users are using this software day in and day out and running their businesses on HubSpot, which gives you a lot more reason to care about the customers vs working someplace like Facebook - People are generally automonous with the right level of communication - Meetings are kept to be as few as possible, as few people as possible, as little time as possible, as productive as possible, so there is plenty of developer time and no time spent in unneccessary meetings - People work around 40 hours a week, NOT 50-60 - No the unlimited vacation doesn't mean you can just not come to work, but it also doesn't mean you can't take time off. People take more time off on average than companies with a fixed amount of PTO. I'd rather not have to save up time off just in case I need it than have my leftover PTO paid out when I leave. - Working from home is not frowned upon - Upper management is transparent - It never gets boring because we never get complacent, everything is always changing, growing, moving forward - No deductible on health insurance

Cons

Everything I can think of to put here is things other people might not like, like all the change and fast pace, but I don't see that as a con myself

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HubSpot Response
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I'm not crying, you're crying. Seriously, thanks for the nice callout--I have to say, working with Eric is one of my favorite things about working at HubSpot. No one gets to see all the times he tries to figure out what's best for our engineers, HubSpot, and our culture, and I'll never get sick of working with him to solve those problems given the empathy he uses to approach each situation. The specificity of your feedback is SO helpful for our candidates, so thank you for taking the time to share this level of detail. I would echo your commentary on unlimited vacation and autonomy, and I particularly love how you called out our disdain for being complacent, it's one of the things that gets me energized to come into work every day. Thanks for all you do to build a product people love, and for the kind review--you made my week. -Katie

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Great people, everyone is so understanding and supportive. Culture is fun and energizing, people seem happy to be here. There's lots of ways to get involved outside of your day job. Awesome benefits and flexibility - love the remote first work environment, week of rest, open PTO, etc. Robust tech stack - lots of tools available for me to do my job.

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2.0
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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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