ContentSquare

• Work on a good product.
• Have good team members.
• Receive equity.

When I joined Hotjar, it was a dream come true. It was a company that trusted its employees, was transparent in all areas, generous, and fair.

When Contentsquare acquired us, we were told that our companies had so much in common and that, of course, we would not lose our good benefits or the culture that we loved.

Now we are told that we are overcompensated, that we will lose most of our benefits, and that our (now long-delayed) performance reviews may no longer result in the raises we expected. The clear information we had about compensation at Hotjar – where salary bands were public knowledge – has become opaque, with a vague commitment to improve transparency some years down the line.

Morale is low among former Hotjarians, and unsympathetic upper management seems irritated with our ‘entitlement’.