Pros: I have been at HubSpot for a long time, and at this point, there is probably a 25% chance you have a Tech Lead who takes ownership for their role and team and is invested in the development and coaching of their individual contributors. If you get one of these Tech Leads, you can feel confident you will be in good hands and receive actionable and valuable feedback. There are strong mentors and empathetic people at HubSpot, but in 2023, those in management roles are rare. If you're on a good team with a good TL, it's possible you won't know how bad it is on other teams.

Cons: Tech leads have no ownership or responsibility for their team. Problems that occur are treated as the fault of individual contributors and not the tech lead responsible for training them. Tech leads do not know how to be invested in the growth of their engineers. I wish I could share some of the feedback and reasons for termination I've seen peers be given. People are being humiliated in public Slack channels, and their feedback/reasons for termination are lists of pedantic communication points with no proof the tech lead ever tried to coach or help them. These tech leads are often strong engineers who were put in the tech lead role out of necessity and treat the role as a boost to their own ego. Many lack empathy, patience, and grit to be a people manager or coach. There should be a reason these roles are paid what they are, but many of these TLs are failing in their role. I do many interviews and have long been a promoter of HubSpot. I have been grateful for how HubSpot has helped me grow myself. But what I have seen in public channels and behind the scenes to colleagues shows that this is not an environment in which people will be invested in. Your growth is not important here - only for other engineers to inflate their own egos. I've become embarrassed to work here, and I think it's not long before this is the reputation of HubSpot as a whole in the tech sphere.

Pros: The people here are some of the most genuine and hard-working I've ever met. The company lives up to its motto of "Use Good Judgement" far better than Google's "Don't be evil". There are almost no secrets within the company; trust is huge here. The tech stack is great, red tape is minimal, and cross-team collaboration is the norm.

Cons: Our current location is a bit crowded because we're growing so quickly. The soda fountain doesn't have orange soda.

Pros: HubSpot doesn't just hire geniuses (like Google); they hire people who can and do talk to one another and make work fun. I hang out with my coworkers outside of work because I actually like them. There is so much opportunity to make an impact. Being B2B means that our users are using this software day in and day out and running their businesses on HubSpot, which gives you a lot more reason to care about the customers versus working someplace like Facebook. People are generally autonomous with the right level of communication. Meetings are kept to be as few as possible, with as few people as possible, for as little time as possible, and as productive as possible, so there is plenty of developer time and no time spent in unnecessary meetings. People work around 40 hours a week, not 50-60. No, the unlimited vacation doesn't mean you can just not come to work, but it also doesn't mean you can't take time off. People take more time off on average than companies with a fixed amount of PTO. I'd rather not have to save up time off just in case I need it than have my leftover PTO paid out when I leave. Working from home is not frowned upon. Upper management is transparent. It never gets boring because we never get complacent; everything is always changing, growing, and moving forward. No deductible on health insurance.

Cons: Everything I can think of to put here is things other people might not like, like all the change and fast pace. But I don't see that as a con myself.