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One year in, and things are accelerating

Senior Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at HashiCorp for less than 1 year
April 23, 2021
4.0
RecommendsPositive OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros

Pros are also the very kind, warm people, including the founders and the people team. Most people are well-intentioned and doing their best. There are also some brilliant folks here.

The people team has introduced high-quality anti-bias training and management training. They also share their own milestones and measurements openly. HashiCorp takes public rudeness seriously.

HashiCorp products are in high demand, and there is great opportunity this year to grow substantially.

Cons

The VP level does seem out of touch with realities on the ground. Growth is accelerating, but processes are not in place to transfer knowledge quickly to the many people onboarding. New people will depend on tenured people being a resource, and we need to plan for that.

Advice to Management

Some of the reviews mention overinvestment in open-source and pit that against the Enterprise and Cloud products that make money. I work on the open-source side and know that the open-source is the most important piece of the Enterprise product and the Cloud product for Terraform. There is no value in any version without the open-source core and providers from GCP, AzureRM, AWS. So help us help you.

People are burning out. Working remotely makes it harder to notice this; some need a long break or to slow down. We like to think all achievement is measurable, but you are getting different performances that measure the same thing. Sometimes you just need to go with your gut instead of a measurement and go out of your way to recognize someone's achievements before they burn out and take an offer from another company. Give your managers room to do this.

Additional Ratings

Work/Life Balance
4.0
Culture and Values
5.0
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
5.0
Career Opportunities
3.0
Compensation and Benefits
4.0
Senior Management
3.0

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