HubSpot

Pretty good pay, smart people, autonomy.

As political tensions grew, so did the tensions at Hubspot. You had meetings where you had to talk about how privileged you are for being white, and it was even more so for white males. This was regardless of your own background or where you are from.

There's an interesting Slack channel there called "politispot", which became fueled by emotional rage/hate. You'll see comments in there like:

• "Alabama shouldn't even be a state."
• "All Trump supporters are racist."
• "My cousin/sister/dad is a Trump supporter, I don't know how to react..."

...with everyone agreeing or not objecting to them. Most of the articles that were posted were essentially click-bait headlines that just riled up everyone's emotions even more.

Hubspot brought the outside political environment into work. Oddly enough, most if not all of the folks there are totally fine with blanket statements calling a group of people racist, re-training for white people, and other concerning behaviors. Unfortunately, Hubspot still retains its cult-like reputation that was highlighted in the book "Disrupted". Perhaps, even more disturbingly so.

There's a strange culture of extreme sensitivity combined with a cult-like mentality being promoted. When you have a bunch of people complaining because fresh berries are replaced by smoothies, and then making blanket statements about a group of people being racist with no one objecting, that's a problem.

I know Hubspot promotes "diversity," but the mold at Hubspot is young, attractive, and extremely liberal. However, the skin color is diverse.

Honestly, my advice is to keep political tensions outside of work. There's so much tension in real life, on the news, at home, etc., that people don't need it brought into the workplace as well. Also, expand the definition of diversity. Older folks or conservative folks would find Hubspot very uniform.