A Ruthless Grind - Account Executive Mid-Market HubSpot Employee Review

1.0
Feb 3, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Competitive Pay & Benefits - Unlimited PTO (depending on your role and manager) - WFH indefinitely

Cons

- Inferior product for enterprise customers compared to others in the market - Bizarre cult-like culture masks some serious internal rot - Lots of internal struggle with many different ways to game the system - Not all territories are the same no matter what they say - New rep are given low performing territories and expected to sink or swim - Company is growing quickly which leads to a lot of internal movement - Rapid change has lead to abysmal middle management only interested in their own success - Extreme metrics driven performance expectations often feels like you're beating your head against a wall

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HubSpot Response
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Sorry to hear that you had this experience in our sales org. This isn't consistent with others, both past and present, but that doesn't mean we can't learn something from this experience and how we can do better. I'm particularly sorry to hear you felt that new reps weren't set up to succeed and also that you feel that way about middle management. I'll keep an eye on this with the sales HRBPs, sorry to hear about your experience and thank you for the feedback. -Katie

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Cons

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