HubSpot Needs Some Work - Learning Experience Designer HubSpot Employee Review

3.0
Jul 13, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

A supportive environment, they truly promote work-life balance, ability to work remotely is a plus and they are making a solid effort to be a company that truly values diversity and inclusion.

Cons

I engaged with several managers that lacked management experience and had trouble with management skills that are absolutely necessary for employee success such as; setting expectations, giving feedback in a timely manner, listening to understand and delivering performance reviews. They are still working out developing processes and guidelines that help with consistency and making sure that all departments are treated fairly. Departments such as sales, information technology and customer service don't always get to enjoy benefits such as unlimited PTO or attending culture seminars, etc. Upper management behaved differently when interacting with employees one on one or in small groups vs. how they behave in company meetings. It was a disappointing experience to meet with men AND women in upper management and learn that they weren't as authentic and kind as they appeared to be when addressing a large group. HubSpot still has a long way to go to become the company they want to be. I hope they are willing to do the work it takes to get there.

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HubSpot Response
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Thanks for the feedback and pushes--given that you were likely a part of our team in POPS or a related team in enablement, there's definitely some learning in here for our organization. We are investing a bunch more in manager enablement and training, so hopefully that helps that area specifically. And on project needs, I think that's more than fair for LXDs and ICs more broadly--one of our guardrails in POPS for this year is having a clear DACI for each project to help reduce the scope and inputs on projects to help with just that, so hoping that helps with part of that as well. Appreciate the feedback, and will use it to continue evolving our team and our org. -Katie

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