Poor managers and lack of accountability - Senior Software Engineer I HubSpot Employee Review

1.0
31 Jan 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Remote work and sabbatical every 5 years

Cons

- there are a lot of managers who blame the people under them rather than take accountability for their poor decisions - managers and TLs want promos and will throw people under the bus whenever needed - work life balance does not exist anymore - managers track every pr and will nit pick mistakes during performance conversations - very little mobility upwards and when asked about growth opportunities shut down - micromanagement is very common - being remote means that if you aren't broadcasting your every win everyone will assume you don't work

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5.0
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Work life balance Lovely colleagues Good salary pay out

Cons

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2.0
22 May 2026
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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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