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Old Hotjar is no more - Anonymous employee Hotjar Employee Review

1.0
16 Feb 2024
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

used to have amazing perks, health care benefits, transparent company culture, high morale, worker-centered work place, remote

Cons

new leadership with the acquisition of Contentsquare and Heap is doing away with the once awesome culture, introducing rounds of layoffs and cutting benefits of Hotjar employees by 15k while pretending that it's not happening, cold, vapid culture, fixated on the bottom line with a money-first approach, giving people more responsibility with no pay increase, stalling merit-based pay increases, stifling the atmosphere of open dialogue

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5.0
28 Jul 2022
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Pros

A transparent organization: teams are involved in the decision-making process for all initiatives even the most strategic ones. Feedback is shared on a consistent basis in a constructive way across and within teams. A fully remote organization that lets you manage your workload as you need, gives you a lot of flexibility, and trusts its employees - no micro management!

Cons

An organization that is growing fast and constantly innovating which in turn moves too quickly at times, this can create a bit of chaos or confusion internally. But these are the typical growing pains of a successful scale-up organization.

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5.0
4 Oct 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Where do I even start? This is the happiest, most productive I've ever been at a company. The team is composed of some of the most intelligent people I've ever known and everyone is committed to delivering the highest quality work. The culture is outstanding. I've never worked somewhere where I've felt as much trust as I do from my teammates and leads here at Hotjar. There is zero micro management. I have the complete freedom to get work my work down how and when I want. If I need to take a long break to take care of my kids, there's nothing but encouragement. And the PERKS! My goodness. €200/mo. for a working space allowance (pays for my internet at home, Apple Music, Pandora, and healthy snacks). €200/mo. for wellbeing. €1000 a year for personal development, €2000 a year holiday budget, and a €4000 office budget. 8 WEEKS OF HOLIDAYS!!! I can't tell you how much flexibility that creates to take care of things in my personal life. I can take a half or full day here and there to take care of my budgeting and tasks around the house. Honestly I could go on and on. Working for Hotjar has been the best professional experience of my life 👍🏼

Cons

None. Absolutely, positively, 100% none. (I would have just said none, but turns out Glassdoor has a 5 word minimum even for the cons section)

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