The company isn't bad - but departments other than sales and product need to be paid attention to. - Anonymous employee Hudl Employee Review
4.0
Jan 11, 2017
Anonymous employee
Current employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook
Pros
Benefits are good - the whole tickets to sporting events is pretty neat, but working in support with the hours/days we have, it makes it all but impossible to see a team you'd really like to.
Cons
I know this might just be my experience, but my manager was a bit of a lame duck, and you can see friends of upper management get promoted or positions created to retain them - regardless of their quality of work.
Hudl Response
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Thank you so much for your review. We are committed to ensuring that all Hudlies are recognized and appreciated for the amazing work they do. Your insight is helpful in ensuring we are focused on the right things and we appreciate the honesty!
-Positive Business Outlook: Users love Hudl and it's a very forward-thinking product that has a great place in the future
-Values-led culture/norms: People are at the heart of how we operate
-Very talented overall workforce: Our bar on hiring is super high and performance management process works if there are clear underperformers.
-People genuinely get along with each other for the moist part - far better than most organizations with huge silo walls.
Cons
-Decision-making bottleneck at exec-team level with some pretty hands on leaders in the weeds on too much.
-Some teams are quite top-heavy, a poor micro-culture on the team, and have less accountability than they should (Finance/Accounting specifically)
-We can settle on talent in key roles that is in a key hub where we have an office since less remote hiring is approved.
The engineering culture lately has been very speed focused. We seem to prioritize velocity over thoughtful implementation and quality. Team dynamics can vary significantly depending on the squad you’re on, and in some cases the environment can feel highly competitive rather than collaborative. Overtime is becoming more common and it's unspoken. There can also be pressure to move quickly and keep up with fast timelines, which may not suit people who prefer a more structured and balanced engineering environment. The company removed timeout days so now we're constantly in meetings or getting pinged 24/7 in Slack. My days have less focus time and the constant Slack huddles and messages are becoming more disruptive overtime, but it's because there's so much pressure to move fast. Sprints are starting to feel like hackathons, rather than balanced.