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Decent Pay, Us-centric Culture

Senior Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at HubSpot for 6 years
January 31, 2025
Dublin, Dublin
3.0
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros
  • Good salary (although not as good as other "big tech" companies in Dublin)
  • Remote work
  • Flexible working time
  • Generally nice people you work with
  • Initial RSU compensation is decent (follow-on grants are pathetic though)
Cons

The company is very US-centric, from employee messaging to the way everything else is approached.

The layers of management are too much, and "managers" have no real control over anything. The C-suite dictates, and everyone else follows.

Benefits previously advertised, which were part of our compensation, are slowly being removed.

There have been some high-level departures in the last year.

The "team socializing" opportunities have been removed.

There is a lack of clear messaging.

The career progression process is idiotic. It essentially comes down to how well you can write a document.

To make a point about the US focus, messaging was recently released stating to aim for "3 to 5 weeks" of vacation a year. Obviously, they didn't consult with anyone in the EU about this.

Advice to Management

Consider HubSpot is a global company and stop being so US-focused for internal policies and communication.

Start paying attention to employee wellbeing, rather than improving the stock price by a few cents.

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