Cool company has become a frantic rat race - Product Designer HubSpot Employee Review

2.0
Mar 2, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Autonomy, great problem areas to explore, talented people

Cons

Rat-race mentality, high pressure environment, low support from management, autonomy sometimes backfires into process-free chaos

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HubSpot Response
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I'm really sorry to hear that you feel things on the product design team are frenetic and feel like a rat race-would of course welcome the feedback we can improve on to create change there via the business partners if you're open to sharing it. Thanks for considering and for your feedback! -Katie

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