Pros
I joined as the company was going through an accelerated period of growth and had recently won awards for its company culture. The company prided itself on transparency, leading with empathy, and a flexible remote-first culture. I learned about this through the interview process. Likewise, there were excellent perks at the time of joining, which included RSUs, unlimited PTO, potential promotions that could happen at any point in the year, and free books for our continual growth and development.
Cons
By the time I left in 2024, a lot of the benefits were rolled back and so was HubSpot's culture of transparency. I've never been at a company where there was such a disconnect between what people would write about on LinkedIn (optimistic stories and news designed to drive excitement about the company) and the actual employee experience. For reference, HubSpot is not my first company of this size. Some example employee experiences that stand out included: - Sudden and poorly communicated layoffs for specific employees, not even a team or division. Would typically find out only through Slack that someone was gone even though that person may have been in a high-visibility role. - A culture where employees were afraid to give constructive feedback to management for fear of retaliation (a sudden PIP for an otherwise until that moment stellar performance).
