Pros
- Remote - Decent WFH equipment options - Decent flagship office in Boston though the Davenport closed
Cons
A popular saying has always been employees leave bad managers and not good companies. I left extreme micromanagement. HubSpot sales became so toxic anxiety overall monthly quota attainment would wake me up at night and morning - leaving me with rarely any good nights of sleep. Being constantly harassed on Slack for every single deal. Needing to know my wearability constantly. Not being treated with empathy from direct management about the market vs the messaging relayed about uncertain economies in executive AMAs. I left because of extremely bad management all around. This is from the top down. Leadership starting from the c-suite to direct sales management that has declined so quickly. Company trust is completely lacking. The CEO and board of directors really screwed up and lied to all of HubSpot about layoffs. Telling the organization that we were doing “OK” as a company. I wasn’t laid off but I wish I had the option to be. This way I wouldn’t have killed myself overworking for a company who doesn’t care about its employees. Always checking my email for any qualified leads that would seldom come in and out of fear that it would rotated to another sales rep if I dare to truly take time off. Never taking a true vacation except the Global Week of Rest. Unlimited PTO is a fallacy for salespeople here on a monthly quota. I hated working here since the economy took a nose dive and SaaS in general plateaued. I truly wish I had the option to be laid off. But it’s no wonder salespeople here are last to be laid off because they can let you go at any time and give you very little severance compared to those who were actually laid off. You are a number at HubSpot. I wasn’t cared for by a single HR or management person. Believe me I’ve tried to voice my concerns every chance I got. Did I need to speak to Dharmesh or someone else? Instead of anyone being there to listen besides those on the selling frontline with me, I was constantly rebuffed. Ignored by Katie Burke who wrote a very perfectly curated response indicating her concern to my feedback of HubSpot becoming toxic, but then deflecting me to her assistant. Trying to talk to HR, but they only act as an “advisory role” and refused to hear any feedback - telling me to go to my direct manager and director. Everything fell on deaf ears. Thanks a lot guys. I devoted night and day to this company and management was just terrible all around. Here, you are just your numbers, not humanized. Empathy as a core value? I have yet to see it in the management level anywhere. Beware and please do yourself a favor and look elsewhere unless you want to play Russian roulette for who you get for a director and manager. Oh, and being paid under the average salary for your job when you have to prospect, run discovery calls, demo, and negotiate all by yourself. Many of my friends have felt absolute pity for me and appreciate their own managers and organizations all the more after seeing how I was micromanaged and treated. They’ve worked for much more, took their vacations while I sacrificed time with my family and lowered quality of my life. HubSpot is like that cute girl that you really want to date, but you end up taking her swimming and all her glamorous makeup comes off. Only then do you realize she looks nothing like she does with her makeup, were completely catfished/deceived, yet stuck with her because in the world of tech layoffs and overall crap economy for tech sales, you are stuck for lack of better options. I’m leaving the first chance I get with an alternate offer elsewhere. I am and was stuck out of lack of options because many companies froze hiring. Being stuck is not a good reason to stay. HubSpot, you know sales morale is down. You are becoming a corporation that bleeds talent. You are not reflecting the core values you tote about anymore. Especially in empathy and transparency. Do better.
