Blackbaud reviews

3.2

55% would recommend to a friend

(1,719 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 1,719 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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3.0
Mar 25, 2022

My two cents

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Pros

Working from home Cash bonuses Good colleagues

Cons

Outdated software, bugs get filed and never deemed important enough to fix. Many of them have been pending for years with 0 progress. Slow development on new products and bug fixing for existing products, the developers in the US were replaced by Indian outsourcing (I guess to save money) and it has gone downhill as they have less experience and no product knowledge. Very US focused company, the rest of the world doesn’t seem to exist. Stupid business decisions from up high, no transparency for the workers on the ground. Internal promotions if you are in the ‘Blackbaud clique’, if you’re not part of that then good luck trying to move jobs! Dealing a lot with US analysts who have god complexes and get away with being incredibly rude and difficult. I feel that no one really knows what they are doing and half-arse their jobs because they get away with it with no repercussions. So much for the “We work as one” culture that’s constantly thrown down our throats by management. Customer support gets forgotten about by the rest of the company but we are left to clean up the mess made by incompetent upper management. We are told of massive business decisions at the very last minute and expected to deal with the customer fallout, like new price increases and fees for payments or removing software features for whatever reason (we are never told why). It’s becoming exhausting and repetitive and a lot of customers are losing faith which I can’t blame them, due to lack of competition and alternatives we seem to get away with these decisions.

3.0
Aug 4, 2021

okay - but confused leaders

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Mission is great. Love social good as a concept and trying to bring it in to the rest of the Company.

Cons

structure and org design diversity boys club inclusion leaders processes

5.0
Mar 21, 2016

Happy & Looked After

Anonymous employee
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Pros

No job, no company, no manager is perfect. What I like about Blackbaud is that they earnestly and openly strive to do better, always. Blackbaud knows that its #1 investment is in its employees (first), above all of its projects. In the Sydney office, this rings especially true. For example: We were moved to a new space, which reflects all the latest research on productivity, happiness, and positivity. All employees were encouraged to participate in feedback and designing the new space. Every aspect of the move was carefully thought out. Granted, not every thing has the luxury of time and forethought, but this sort of conscientiousness is business as usual for Blackbaud. I feel that the management team truly cares about us, and has an open door policy when something is 'off'. Innovation is encouraged and rewarded. Feedback is offered and always constructive/positive.

Cons

Some of the roles here are not for everyone: they require a specialised skillset, attitude, and emotional intelligence. Fortunately, mentors, peers, management and HR is more than willing to give someone every chance to succeed, and - if possible - identify other opportunities that are more suitable. Some adults do not know toilet etiquette, but that is not specific/limited to Blackbaud. Thankfully, the office is impeccably cleaned each evening!

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