Hubspot

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In the past, Hubspot has been transparent about needing to increase its diversity, and recently the company has really walked the walk, both with internal programs and external initiatives.

Internally at the company, Hubspot has launched multiple employee resource groups (LGBTQ + Alliance, People of Color at Hubspot, etc.) and has put a lot of effort into becoming a parent-friendly company. For example, in 2018 HubSpot extended their primary caregiver leave from 12 to 16 fully-paid weeks, and now also offer 6 weeks of fully-paid secondary caregiver leave to all employees globally. In addition, they have extended their fertility coverage to subsidize voluntary egg harvesting and freezing for women over the age of 32.

Hubspot has also launched several external initiatives that help improve the diversity and inclusion of the tech space in Boston. They are an inaugural partner for Hack.Diversity; hold day-long coding bootcamps for women majoring in computer science; host a “First Gens in Tech” meetup in Cambridge and Dublin and “Latinos in tech” events,” and hold quarterly Women@Work events where hundreds of women from Boston’s top tech companies can come together for networking and skill-building.

Hubspot is part of only 20% of companies that have 3+ female Board members, and every International Women’s Day they hold a “women on board” event to help women develop the skills they need to position themselves for board positions.

Lastly, Hubspot is also very transparent about their D&I progress – they publish an annual diversity report separate from other annual reports and other corporate communications, which very few companies do.