Not a good experience - Sales HubSpot Employee Review

1.0
Jul 30, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Interesting products. Work with many different clients.

Cons

One of the worst companies I’ve ever had the misfortune of working for. Don’t let the Glassdoor reviews fool you, it’s not all lollipops and rainbows. Different sales divisions constantly gaming the system and stabbing each other in the back to steal leads. Massive amounts of red tape and bureaucracy to get paid out your commission on deals. Most people have drank the Kool-Aide and believe HubSpot is somehow changing/saving the world and the amount of self congratulatory nonsense going around is ridiculous. You sell software for businesses, you’re not curing world hunger.

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HubSpot Response
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Sorry to hear you had this experience with us--not sure when it was, but apologies that it missed the mark on what we aim to deliver. -Katie

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