Either Drink the Kool-Aid or You're Out - Inbound Marketing Specialist | Account Executive HubSpot Employee Review

1.0
21 May 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

-Company is going public soon, and not afraid to let people know -Equity in pre-public company -Free food/beer -Smart people -Innovative product -Can be lucrative if you hit quota -Looks good on a resume -Learn a lot about inbound marketing

Cons

-Zero work/life balance -If you don't drink the kool-aid and live/sleep/breathe HubSpot, you'll be out very soon -Very high turnover -Morale in sales is very low -Very long hours (8-7 and bring 1-2 hours of work home every night) -Unlimited vacation = no vacation for sales people -Quotas are not regularly attainable -People who do drink the kool-aid think HubSpot is the end-all be-all of marketing -Not a place for someone with kids and/or family life

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Pros

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Cons

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