Best software employer in Dublin - Software Engineer HubSpot Employee Review

5.0
23 Jun 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Unlike a lot of other bigger companies, HubSpot has a product & engineering team in Dublin that does real work. Core components of their business are developed here--it's not just some satellite office that does reliability. They have very good pay, good benefits, a very nice office, and just an all-round great team here.

Cons

Ever since it's gone public and as the company has grown, a little bit of corporate-ness is creeping in. The "startup" feeling is slowly leaving the company. People are in place to try to combat that, but there's a limit to how much they can really do.

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HubSpot Response
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Thank you for the thoughtful review (and for letting me sit with the engineering team today in Dublin!)--I would agree we are lucky to have a product team in Dublin that does work on core products for our customers that are truly leading the way, and that the team is incredible all around. I'm sorry to hear you are feeling a bit of corporate-ness--I've heard that with regard to some of the food options, but if there are other specific examples that come to mind, send them my way. It's a bit hard for us to identify what "feels" corporate to folks so any specificity you're willing to send or share is helpful. Most importantly, thanks for helping us build products that have a huge impact on our customers as we scale--we are so proud to have such an incredible team in Dublin, thank you for being a critical piece of it! Sincerely, Katie

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