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Culture of fear

Software Developer
Current Employee
Has worked at HubSpot for 2 years
August 18, 2012
Cambridge, Massachusetts
1.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

Interesting technologies to work with, lots of customers, and big engineering challenges to tackle.

Cons

Culture of fear and favoritism. Unless you're not among the blessed few, you will be forced out. Voicing any opinion contradictory to the current way of thinking will land you on the outside looking in.

Frequent, compulsory "hackathons" that are nothing more than an excuse to force engineers to work until 2 a.m.

Advice to Management

Undo this nonsense that makes people work out of fear. Get people to do great things because they believe in the company, not because they're afraid of losing their job.

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