Do HubSpot employees really have good quality of living though? It is very difficult to live in Boston with this very low salary. I make less than 40 k at HubSpot. There is no transportation benefit, no meals provided, and no bonus unlike other companies. With HubSpot salary, your quality of living is very pathetic. Unless you want to pay very high rent around Boston, you would have to live very far away. For commuters, cooking at home is not an option, especially if your dept requires you to work late shifts. Nobody has time to cook. You either snack your meals with free snacks in the office or spend a lot of money buying food. There are a lot of employees in the office who snack their meals with chips and cereals from the office. They are brining in smoothie baristas next year, but I bet there are going to be a lot of people drinking smoothie to substitute their breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I did not sign up for any health benefits because I cannot deduct any more pay from my salary for that. I just suck it up and suffer through if I ever get sick.
On weekends, you shouldn’t go out with your friends because you would not have any money to save up for your future. They have “unlimited” paid time off, but they should not call it unlimited because who would be dumb enough to take unlimited paid vacation and get fired? Some employees don’t feel comfortable taking vacation because they always say “Use Good Judgement.” 401k? Their match is a joke. You are not going have a bright future here. It is true that they have fun events and food here and there, but they are not even having employee holiday party this year! HubSpot is making a lot of money right now, all time high stocks. Very strange how employees not benefiting much from this. No holiday bonus, awesome. You will not make any fortune out of stock purchase plans. We are not going to be like 1990s Microsoft which every single employees including their janitors made money off of company stock. HubSpot, it’s just an extra income you’d be making if the company does well.
