Blackbaud reviews

3.2

55% would recommend to a friend

(1,717 total reviews)
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Michael Gianoni

58% approve of CEO

44% positive business outlook

Blackbaud has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 1,717 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Blackbaud employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.6 stars).

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2.0
Oct 25, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Great customers - almost makes it worth putting up with the cons Very smart colleagues from across the globe Opportunities to travel

Cons

Work life balance is terrible. You will be expected to bill no less than 35 hrs per week and will be punished (i.e. no upward movement) unless you exceed this mark. Very little recognition for a 'job well done'. Do not expect any pats on the back, you will be treated like a resource and not a teammate or partner High turnover rate due to burnout and lack of opportunities for growth No clear metrics for roles; promotions are subjective at best Charleston office definitely hires a template employee - fit the mold or you will be out of the door within a year or two Pay is not competitive with national averages

1.0
Aug 18, 2013

Do not believe the positive reviews.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

What employees are left from the company I work for that was acquired by Blackbaud are some of the greatest people I've ever worked with. The ability to wear your casual t-shirts and jeans/shorts is the only thing that might keep me from going bonkers.

Cons

This company has some pretty amazing thoughts about their place in the world and how they treat their customers and employees. They hang propaganda all around the building about how we own the experience and how we are what makes them great. That's only half true. We do own experiences as if you are left to your own devices to make every customer happy, but if you fail, even after being coached to take chances to make customers happy, you are basically treated like you are a leper. The upper management tends to have no idea what the common employees want, who they are, or what makes them tick. They are also vindictive. If you go against them, or go outside the chain of command to get something done, you might as well go ahead and put your head on the chopping block yourself because they are already planning how to get rid of you. They are so concerned about how to bring in more money, but have no solid ideas how to do that. They hold incredibly boring all company meetings to tell us how we are going to make more money, but talk in riddles and metaphors and give us nothing more on how we are going to make that money. They also have no idea what their products are and why they were successful before being assimilated into the Blackbaud "family". What they do care a GREAT deal about is their own image as a company. They do everything they can to appear like a great citizen of the country while offering no raises for 3 of the past 4 years (blaming an economy they had no solid evidence would affect our industry), and dismantle the companies they purchase and put people in the unemployment lines. That's real great citizenship. Speaking of image, notice how all the positive reviews seem to all say the same thing? That would likely be because for every negative they receive on this site, they counter with five positives. I'm so certain they do that I would bet a billion dollars on it. Avoid this company unless you want to work until you can barely stand, always be blamed when things are not right, and have no desire to work your way out of an entry level position. Plus, they will slap you with a non-compete clause that will limit the entry level people from finding other jobs if they decide those things that went wrong warranted you being sent to the unemployment line.

2.0
Jan 14, 2024

Toxic Work Culture

Recommend
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Pros

A few nice coworkers and the product does help nonprofits increase their fundraising

Cons

I was excited to join Blackbaud...The training was decent (not product focused by great Solution Selling Training review)...but as I stepped into my role I realized that I had walked into an odd culture. I learned that many changes had taken place at the beginning of the year that made it harder and harder to sell in an Enterprise role. Morale was down and a few employees were bullies. I had one employee complain when I got a sale because he was jealous. It's unfathomable to work with a team that doesn't work together because they are so afraid of PIPs and micromanagement. Managers don't have your back and will stab you in the back on the ENT team.

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