Not the best, but is anywhere else better these days? - Senior Software Engineer II HubSpot Employee Review

2.0
Jun 5, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good salary considering you can work remotely, although you can maybe do better if you're based in London. Interesting and challenging work. Hiring and promotions are quite meritocratic, at least compared to other places I've worked, so most colleagues are good at what they do. A lot of autonomy and not too many meetings.

Cons

Staff morale is low due to erosion of culture and recent compensation changes, although that's a general trend in the industry. Leadership still too focused on putting in AI everywhere rather than improving the poor core product, despite customer pushback. Performance management causes stress. Small teams mean lack of knowledge sharing and single-person dependencies are the norm, and engineers are typically on call at least one week out of four. Lack of transparency at times, although I knew that before starting since the recruiter misled me about the interview process. "Flexible time off" means you get the bare minimum 20 days, and any more is at manager discretion and can depend on performance. Most other benefits (pension, sick leave, etc.) are minimal compared to other companies, although the private healthcare is good. Not open to part-time working. The London office facilities are very poor compared to the fancy Dublin and Boston ones.

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Cons

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2.0
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Pros

The teams you work with are phenomenal. The knowledge combination between an internal customer facing teams, engineering product development teams, and Sales are unmatched.

Cons

Excessive use of PIPs to oust employees after multiple high revenue launches, with no explanation, actual documentation, or factual data. Reviews have been adjusted to allow for terminations post pre-approved leaves. Salaries are a joke. You are always in a cover yourself mode 24/7. Management reviews are consistently a 2 or 3 out of 5 no matter what. If a team decides you aren’t in the group, management will put you on a “unofficial” PIP without telling you, in order to surprise you at a later date. Even if they are unfounded. Beware of possibility of negative backlash post launches. They will feel the need to assign blame ( such as for timelines or issues related to bugs). Regardless of performance or level of involvement. This is an enormous company with many large paths for career advancement. But micro management is rampant, leaving little room for doing the daily expectations of your actual role. This degrades your opportunities for career advancement.

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