Not a good Company anymore - Senior Software Engineer II HubSpot Employee Review

1.0
Feb 1, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- There is nothing redeeming about working here

Cons

This company is run off nepotism. The company came up as a startup and grew to a really large scale during COVID years. The people that started during that time promoted themselves to high ranks but very few of them have any skills to justify that. After promoting themselves, they made a bunch of insane policies to make it impossible to grow as newer hires, The ladder is non-existant for IC engineers, just 3 rungs before you hit a dead-end where the next promotion is an exclusive club of "5%" of the company and don't expect to get to this title. Most of the people at the Staff+ level are just loud obnoxious and information hoarders that make themselves seem special but are not anymore or less talented than people who were hired externally who actually probably have more experience and knowledge. The CTO rants and raves about how lazy every engineer in the company is for complaining about burnout and acts like he has any experience as an IC every chance he gets, with vague anecdotes about how "When I was an IC...I would walk 7 miles back and forth in the snow to deliver" that couldn't possibly be true because he has spent less than 1 year as an IC before being promoted to Senior leadership when the company was still small. They make unsustainable demands each quarter while also struggling with an ADHD leadership that can't decide what they actually want and changing priorities on a whim. Also, the new CPO has been slowly cutting back benefits, no more Unlimited PTO but they are also not doing accrued vacation so they can still not payout when you leave. The removed the 5 year anniversary bonus. They doubled health insurance costs.

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Cons

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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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