When I joined Hotjar it was a dream come true. It was a company that trusted its employees, was transparent in all areas, generous and fair.
When Contentsquare acquired us, we were told that our companies had so much in common and that of course we would not lose our good benefits or the culture that we loved.
Now we are told that we are overcompensated, that we will lose most of our benefits, that our (now long delayed) performance reviews may no longer result in the raises we expected. The clear information we had about compensation as Hotjar - where salary bands were public knowledge - have become opaque with a vague commitment to improve transparency some years down the line.
Morale is low among former Hotjarians and an unsympathetic upper management seems irritated with our ‘entitlement’.