There’s no denying that burnout is on the rise globally. A study by Deloitte found that 77% of respondents have experienced burnout at their current job, and nearly 70% feel that their employers aren’t doing enough about it. As a fast-paced, growing company with over 121,000 customers in more than 120 countries, HubSpot is no stranger to the symptoms of burnout. We recognize that we need to create a more sustainable way of working -- one that has more balance and less burnout.
That’s why we’re building upon our HubSpot Unplugged initiative and committing to a long-term plan to help employees prevent and battle burnout. We’re excited to introduce this new framework called the 5 Rs: Rest, Recharge, Reboard, Resilience, and Root Cause.
HubSpot’s new burnout prevention initiatives follow HubSpot Unplugged. Launched this summer, it included three key components to helping with burnout: a Global Week of Rest in early July, No Internal Meeting Fridays and more Mental Health Programming. Through our quarterly employee survey, we heard from our employees loud and clear that HubSpot Unplugged was a great start, but that we needed to get to the root cause of burnout. That’s why we’ve spent some time doing a deep dive across the company to better understand the drivers of burnout and how we can help fix it.
“We want HubSpot to be a company where you can do your best work. To make that a reality, we need to remember that we’re running a marathon, not a sprint”, said Yamini Rangan, HubSpot’s CEO. “It’s critical we help employees build more sustainable ways of working by doubling down on our culture of flexibility, but also by addressing the root causes of burnout. That’s why I’m excited about these new initiatives that are designed to infuse more balance into how we work at HubSpot long-term.”
Solving burnout doesn’t happen overnight. In true HubSpot fashion, we’ll look to share our challenges, successes and lessons learned along the way. To learn more about HubSpot’s culture, visit www.culturecode.com.
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