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The HubSpot Culture Code [slides]

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Re: The HubSpot Culture Code [slides]

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Post by ed25519FUUU »

ChrisMarshallNY wrote: post #9

That's nice. Thanks for sharing it. Expect loads of cynicism. I've found that talking about having Principles and Integrity in business and professional endeavors, usually results in being accused of "virtue signaling," which is ridiculous, as we are only talking about simple, basic, realistic human values; not some kind of Mother Theresa code. That said, it is extremely easy to let a focus on "culture" turn into a t…

Most people have been around the valley long enough to learn exactly what these values mean when it comes down to it. People are wise not to be drawn in too much to cultural platitudes of a company.

> “The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.”

Re: The HubSpot Culture Code [slides]

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Post by jjj123 »

shadowgovt wrote: post #20
seneca wrote: post #4

Software companies that claim they "Work to make a Difference" strike me as cultish and are an immediate turn off. I work for a living, I volunteer and work in my community to make a difference.

Silly question: Why don't we work to make a difference? We spend, generally, at least 8 hours a day, 40 hours a week at work. If that time is spent making a difference, it really ups the odds that something actually gets done.

Working to make a difference is definitely good.

However, you are not making a difference by working at Hubspot. It’s just a corporate job, and management telling you otherwise is only serving them.

Edit: removed a pointless anecdote

Re: The HubSpot Culture Code [slides]

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Post by [deleted] »

shadowgovt wrote: post #20
seneca wrote: post #4

Software companies that claim they "Work to make a Difference" strike me as cultish and are an immediate turn off. I work for a living, I volunteer and work in my community to make a difference.

Silly question: Why don't we work to make a difference? We spend, generally, at least 8 hours a day, 40 hours a week at work. If that time is spent making a difference, it really ups the odds that something actually gets done.

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Re: The HubSpot Culture Code [slides]

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Post by layoutIfNeeded »

Make a difference! Save the world! Do work that matters! Yay!

Oh wait... it’s just some shitty CRM SaaS. I almost took it seriously.

I pity those non-manager and non-engineer HubSpot employees who had to suffer through this presentation, because at least managers and engineers tend to be compensated generously.

Re: The HubSpot Culture Code [slides]

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Post by ainiriand »

Disclaimer: my wife is a HubSpot employee.

I can vouch for what the deck mentions. They conduct the business with love and care for the people in the company as well as the customers.

The company puts a lot of care and dedication to make the people grow. They conduct themselves with care and appreciation for each other.

I feel a bit jealous of how much this company values employees, I wish all companies were like this one. For what I see, this deck is not thin air. I see how it is fulfilled everyday in my wife, and I am personally grateful for this.

Re: The HubSpot Culture Code [slides]

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Post by ed25519FUUU »

shadowgovt wrote: post #20
seneca wrote: post #4

Software companies that claim they "Work to make a Difference" strike me as cultish and are an immediate turn off. I work for a living, I volunteer and work in my community to make a difference.

Silly question: Why don't we work to make a difference? We spend, generally, at least 8 hours a day, 40 hours a week at work. If that time is spent making a difference, it really ups the odds that something actually gets done.

Because companies survive by making a profit, and will always revert to the mean.

The money you make at work can make a huge difference in other people’s lives. By spending it on causes you care about you are working to make a difference without having to buy-in that your random CRUD app brings joy to the word and ends suffering.

Re: The HubSpot Culture Code [slides]

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Post by mns »

ChrisMarshallNY wrote: post #9

That's nice. Thanks for sharing it. Expect loads of cynicism. I've found that talking about having Principles and Integrity in business and professional endeavors, usually results in being accused of "virtue signaling," which is ridiculous, as we are only talking about simple, basic, realistic human values; not some kind of Mother Theresa code. That said, it is extremely easy to let a focus on "culture" turn into a t…

It's not about accusing companies of "virtue signalling". It's about marketing and hypocrisy. All companies exist to make money, everyone is all about "making the world a better place" until they need to make money on their own. I worked in a lot of companies where all of us were family, all of us had to give that extra mile, all of us are inclusive, up until that big client from a big country comes and then you need to make sure you delete all references to things that the big country doesn't agree with or thinks should not exist.

Funny story also when someone told me to turn off my monitor because it's bad for the environment and we are a green company, then we take money and support as a client a company that literally cuts down rainforests, but hey...

Re: The HubSpot Culture Code [slides]

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Post by baxtr »

nomadrat wrote: post #14

Love the product, but this deck... jeez. It's like all this companies that claim that you're in the family and then this family ask you to leave. I've seen too much places with "culture" when in reality it's a toxic as hell.

Well, I don't know. Families can be quite toxic, too.

Re: The HubSpot Culture Code [slides]

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Post by danjac »

rozab wrote: post #19
k__ wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What's it called?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disrupted:_My_Misadventure_in_...

> FBI documents accessed by journalists via a freedom of information request revealed that HubSpot attempted "multiple failed attempts to manipulate and extort people” with the intention of stopping the book's publication.

Ouch.

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