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      Hubba Reviews

      4.4

      85% would recommend to a friend

      (42 total reviews)
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      Ben Zifkin

      91% approve of CEO

      65% positive business outlook

      Hubba has an employee rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 42 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Hubba employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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      42 reviews
      1.0
      25 July 2018

      Lack of product leadership and misleading metrics

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Business outlook

      Pros

      - some good people - convenient office location

      Cons

      - misleading metrics to please/interest investors - lack of product leadership - optimize to get investor money, not to build viable business

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      Hubba Response
      7y
      Thank you for the feedback. We are very sorry that your experience has been discordant with all of the other reviews and the positive experiences of other employees. As an employee, you know how important our people and culture are. You would also know, however, the great steps we have taken to hire a world-class CTO and new VP Product recently. We believe they will be instrumental in taking Hubba to a whole new level. Your perception about our metrics and goals is concerning. We have obviously failed to communicate to you in a way that would align you with the views of the rest of the organization. As you have heard our CEO say, our focus is to build a healthy, long-tern, global institution. It is a fast-pace, high intensity environment and we understand that isn’t for everyone. We are building something impactful and important here. We work with our team members, executives, board and shareholders to develop our metrics and growth goals. As we ask with all of our employees, if you ever feel that they are not aligned with your personal values or the values of the company, you are encouraged to discuss this in your 1:1s, skip levels, directly to the leadership team, in town halls and the numerous other mechanisms we have set up for feedback to ensure everyone’s voice is heard. As we continue to grow, we understand that we will, at times, not be aligned with every employee. This is one of the ramifications of having a smart, opinionated and very diverse group of people who work here. Although we do not agree with your comments, we will always work to communicate better in the future to prevent this type of disconnect.
      3.0
      29 Jan 2018

      Great company, but lack of product/tech leadership and focus

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      - The people. Everyone is willing to help and wants the company to succeed. They all have thoughts and ideas to help things grow and evolve. - The exec team is extremely approachable and friendly. They make themselves available to chat with if you ever need to speak with them. - The work is challenging. There are a lot of areas that need smart people to jump in and take on (and there isn't a lack of smart people at Hubba, just more tasks than resources at the moment). This means that you will have ample opportunity to really make a mark on the organization.

      Cons

      - Lack of leadership for the product and engineering disciplines. The CPO left last May and they didn't had a VP Engineer or CTO (and still don't). This is really starting to hurt the product and engineering focus. It's a little bit of the wild west right now. All of the current leads and PMs all have great ideas and want to implement them and push for them, but there's no overarching voice to focus them all to a singular directive. - Lack of communication. This seems to be an ongoing problem. Even when issues have been brought up, people are asked to do better but then the same miscommunications still occur. There are no consequences ever. This means people think it's okay to be a certain way and that an apology is enough every time. When the same mistakes keep happening and nothing is learned though, they no longer are mistakes. - Inexperienced team leads/managers. Every manager in the product/engineering discipline is a first time manager (some may have only worked in the industry for a year or two before joining Hubba). They are smart people, but having no other mentors or more experienced managers to help teach them proper management/lead skills means that communication gets missed, poor decisions are made, and people on the teams start to become disenfranchised. - The job/responsibilities you get hired for may not be what you end up doing. I'm not sure if this is a con or more a general comment. It's a startup and things are often shifting and changing. Priorities change very quickly and what may have been important last month is taking a back seat this month. If you're a polyglot that change shift and change quickly, then you'll thrive in this environment, but if you need a little more structure and more of a transition period to switch focuses then it might be difficult and frustrating for you.

      5.0
      16 Jan 2018

      Amazing atmosphere to work in, very kind people

      Developer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      The people are amazing. Atmosphere is warm and kind, like an old lady book club but with young people and guys around. Culture is people oriented and so it feels very nice. The mission is amazing. It may be hard for people outside of CPG/Retail to understand what Hubba does, but the vision is there and it is strong.

      Cons

      For a tech company, there is no sense that engineering excellence oozes from every pore. When people mention Google, Amazon, etc there is a sense the engineering is Solid. At Hubba, scrappy, hacky shortcuts are still very much apparent and it's clear there is a ways to go before Excellence is established as part of the culture.

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