Worst Time To Be At HubSpot - Customer Success Manager HubSpot Employee Review

1.0
Apr 13, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Hubspot does have a robust remote work policy and I have enjoyed working with the majority of my colleagues.

Cons

- Poor leadership and management. CEO took no responsibility for the layoffs. Co-founders of the company no where to be found during the layoffs. All the messaging around company culture is just a front. Don't believe it. Culture is gone, you're just a random number to leadership. - Metrics used to evaluate you are all over the place right now. - Lots of stress and burnout - Poor 401k match

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HubSpot Response
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I am really sorry to read that you haven't had a good experience and that you're disappointed in HubSpot. That said, I would push back on Yamini not taking responsibility and our co-founders being nowhere to be found (they were on the AMA and Dharmesh did Connect conversations day of as did all of our CELT team members), but understand it's been a tough/stressful time at HubSpot and there's always room for us to continue improving, thanks for the feedback on your experience. -Katie

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