Great place to be an engineer - Senior Software Engineer HubSpot Employee Review

5.0
28 Aug 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Lots of autonomy. Everything is always "what to do", not "how to do it". If you want to get involved in product decision making, you're free to do so. If you'd rather dive in and reshape the tech stack, you're free to do so. If you just want to hack and build, you're free to do so. All will be rewarded. The company does a great job matching people's skills and motivations to the work they're doing.

Cons

The cadence can be spiky. The weeks before the company's annual conference can get intense with deadlines. If you're not self-motivating, you will probably not find yourself progressing in the company, as they definitely expect you to take on the responsibilities of the job you want to be promoted to first. It's a good thing for some, but I've definitely heard people feel like they lack direction for what abilities and personal traits they should be working on.

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HubSpot Response
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Great feedback, thanks for sharing it. On your "advice to management," that's good insight regarding champagners--the peer bonus program is designed to help surface people who fit the exact bill you're talking about, but I do think as we scale we need to make sure our awards and recognition mechanisms do too, and that they address the exact pain point you mention. If you have any good ideas of workarounds, send them my way or submit a TinyPulse suggestion to Eric (he's great about sending them along), would love your input! -Katie

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