Lack of Leadership and Dysfunctional Team Environment - Technical Lead HubSpot Employee Review

2.0
Sep 2, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Lots of autonomy, opportunity to contribute to a product used by thousands of people, streamlined onboarding and infrastructure support enabling product teams to focus on what's important

Cons

There is a noticeable lack of clear leadership and direction, which often results in duplicated work across teams and projects that don’t seem to serve a meaningful purpose. Many employees appear more focused on internal visibility and self-promotion rather than driving customer impact or taking real ownership. Overall, the environment feels disorganized and misaligned, making it one of the more dysfunctional teams I’ve experienced. Big push to incorporate AI into the product this year without the infra to support it.

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HubSpot Response
9mo
Thank you for taking the time to share such thoughtful feedback. We’re glad to hear you value the autonomy and the opportunity to contribute to products with real impact. At the same time, we take your concerns seriously around leadership clarity, alignment, and ensuring that projects are tied to meaningful outcomes. Within the Product & Engineering org, we’ve recently made some leadership changes designed to bring more direction and cohesion, and we’re committed to making sure that translates into clarity for every team. We hope you feel energized by these changes! Feedback like this helps us stay focused on building an environment where ownership, accountability, and customer impact remain front and center. Thanks for all that you do. – The Engineering Leadership Team

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