Talks a big game... - Engineering QA Hudl Employee Review

2.0
29 July 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- unlimited vacation - passionate people in the teams

Cons

- company leadership say they want honest feedback but never action any of it - claim to value people but are more interested in cutting costs and looking lean at the expense of highly skilled employees - loves the shiny new things they buy year after year but never give any love to existing products, just demand they work by over taxing the teams that they are pushed onto - performance review criteria are confused and not aligned across the company, with employees graded against each other and not if you do a good job or not - if you do not want to constantly push for promotion then you are a low performer but when you do push for promotion there has to be a "business need" - painfully US centric for a global company.

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Hudl Response
10mo
Thank you for sharing your candid feedback. It’s clear you're passionate about what we do, and appreciate you taking the time to lay out your thoughts. We're glad you've experienced the passion within our teams and your feedback makes it clear we have other areas we can improve. We're always available and open to hearing your feedback. If you don't feel comfortable sharing directly, you can also reach out to your HR Business Partner, who can deliver your feedback anonymously. Thanks again for your feedback and for being a part of the team.

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5.0
26 May 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

-Positive Business Outlook: Users love Hudl and it's a very forward-thinking product that has a great place in the future -Values-led culture/norms: People are at the heart of how we operate -Very talented overall workforce: Our bar on hiring is super high and performance management process works if there are clear underperformers. -People genuinely get along with each other for the moist part - far better than most organizations with huge silo walls.

Cons

-Decision-making bottleneck at exec-team level with some pretty hands on leaders in the weeds on too much. -Some teams are quite top-heavy, a poor micro-culture on the team, and have less accountability than they should (Finance/Accounting specifically) -We can settle on talent in key roles that is in a key hub where we have an office since less remote hiring is approved.

2.0
7 Mar 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Cool projects and impactful work

Cons

The engineering culture lately has been very speed focused. We seem to prioritize velocity over thoughtful implementation and quality. Team dynamics can vary significantly depending on the squad you’re on, and in some cases the environment can feel highly competitive rather than collaborative. Overtime is becoming more common and it's unspoken. There can also be pressure to move quickly and keep up with fast timelines, which may not suit people who prefer a more structured and balanced engineering environment. The company removed timeout days so now we're constantly in meetings or getting pinged 24/7 in Slack. My days have less focus time and the constant Slack huddles and messages are becoming more disruptive overtime, but it's because there's so much pressure to move fast. Sprints are starting to feel like hackathons, rather than balanced.

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