From startup to scale up - Director of Engineering HubSpot Employee Review

5.0
Oct 7, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

As we've grown we've done a great job of scaling the things that make working here great. Engineers still have incredible autonomy, and teams have trust to chase after big, ambitious missions, whether that means working on brand new features, or scaling and ensuring the quality of products that make our users successful today. We also seem to have some gravitational pull for bringing in caring, humble people, who are incredibly smart and a pleasure to be around.

Cons

Things move quickly. The company's operating system is regularly evolving. We don't always get everything right... But if you're up for it, those are the things that make it interesting. This is a case study in motion.

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HubSpot Response
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We definitely don't always get everything right, but I like that we are committed to learning from it as we grow. Thanks for helping us build an incredible product for our customers, and for your kind push on diversity and inclusion--I hope we make you proud with our progress! Thanks for taking the time to write a review. Sincerely, Katie

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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

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