Microaggressions, Gaslighting and Racism - Manager HubSpot Employee Review

1.0
1 Jul 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Work life balance C-Suite Events Easy to navigate company Not hard to build community and connect with people

Cons

-I observed POC primarily being awarded opportunities related to DI&B, but not given the support, coaching, championing or opportunities to continue to advance in their career. Their skillset & great work work isn't taken seriously and they just get asked for DI&B things, -Leaders gossip and power-trip a lot. (like saying certain people aren't "fun enough" or "likeable") -HubSpotters who've worked at the company 5+ years were like the cliquey popular kids in Highschool who get rewarded just for being popular and make everyone feel left out. -Instead of providing actionable, constructive feedback, Leadership plays favorites and gives feedback based in emotion, typically tied to how much they like you or not. - If you challenge Leadership, even on appropriate matters like operating models or direction, you're labeled as someone who takes feedback poorly or called a "bad apple" (which a colleague of mine was actually called speaking up too much). -Everyone under Manager level in CS is severely underpaid.

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HubSpot Response
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This review is deeply unnerving on a number of levels, and I'd welcome the opportunity to connect directly if you're open to doing so so I can hear your feedback. Regardless, will ensure I work with CS leadership to look at exit data and any other feedback we can learn from--this is the opposite of what we stand for as an organization, so will partner with our BP team and leadership to understand what we can learn from this. -Katie

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