Failure to Scale Effectively - Culture not what it was - Finance HubSpot Employee Review

2.0
18 Sept 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Still a strong growth company; decent pay; internal mobility, remote work

Cons

HubSpot was once truly a great place to work, worthy of the prior accolades. Unfortunately, as the company has scaled, there have been a number of growing pains and it's now just slightly better than "another company". At least in the Finance department, working long hours is demanded in order to be successful, forcing trade offs in your personal life. A once strong team culture has been replaced with a toxic one, led by outside hires who have pushed out long tenured members of the team. Pressure to deliver against unrealistic expectations is at an all time high, and empathy is nowhere to be found.

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
22 May 2026
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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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