Does Blackhawk Network pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Blackhawk Network employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Blackhawk Network. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Blackhawk Network?

57% of Blackhawk Network employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Blackhawk Network 3.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.4 for culture and values and 3.1 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Blackhawk Network?

Software Engineer (70) , Account Manager (32) , Senior Software Engineer (26) , Merchandiser (23) , Customer Service Representative (15) , Director (15) , Product Manager (14) , Analyst (12) , Associate Software Engineer (12) , Manager (12) , Staff Software Engineer (10) , Retail Merchandiser (8) , Sales (8) , Senior Staff Software Engineer (8) , Business Development Manager (7)

What are the pros of working at Blackhawk Network according to real employee reviews?

"The people I work with directly are great" ((in 88 reviews)); "Good work life balance and learning" ((in 71 reviews)); "Great minds and culture here at BHN" ((in 43 reviews)); "Great Health Insurance and Benefits." ((in 41 reviews)); "Overall a great team and company to work with." ((in 33 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Blackhawk Network according to real employee reviews?

"The pay is low for the area and industry and the company sticks within the status promote average or below average skill set." ((in 43 reviews)); "1. Salary extremely low." ((in 28 reviews)); "Managers have to fight to reward some hardworking talented few engineers but never goes through." ((in 25 reviews)); "poor leadership : Clearly there is no focus." ((in 23 reviews)); "No training on how things operate." ((in 17 reviews))

What are employees saying about Blackhawk Network layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Blackhawk Network layoffs and their outlook for job security at Blackhawk Network in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Blackhawk Network locations?

Pleasanton , Reno , Phoenix , Dallas , Lewisville , Coppell , Portland , Los Angeles , San Francisco , Chicago , Mesa , San Diego , Colorado Springs , Seattle , Pittsburgh , Saint Louis , New York , Addison , Cincinnati , Bakersfield , Livermore , San Jose , Philadelphia , Middletown , New Brunswick , Boise , Champaign , Crystal Lake , Woodridge , Herndon

Blackhawk Network reviews

3.4

57% would recommend to a friend

(955 total reviews)

Talbott Roche

76% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

Company ratings over time

Ratings trend for the last 6 months (955 reviews)

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Blackhawk Network has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 955 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Blackhawk Network employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Financial Services industry (3.6 stars).

Reviews by job title

955 reviews

3.0

Oct 5, 2014

Startup mentality trying to be a grown up company.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Casual, nice folks, good products

Cons

No clear direction from senior leadership; a lot of spinning; no process or procedure;

1.0

May 29, 2014

Awful Development Environment

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Interesting technology. Talented peers. Compensation is okay. Company appears to have a good product and vision for the future.

Cons

Where to start... extremely high expectations on performance coupled with expected use of personal time to perform research and other tasks. Lack of leadership within development teams to push back on management and promote good practices within teams. Aggressive deadlines which lead to technical debt in the code base and no interest from management in refactoring or any other work which does not lead to feature development. They say that they're agile, but only the parts that management likes. Architecture team is completely separated from the development teams so there is no real effort to improve designs. Extremely political atmosphere at the management level to the point where teams within the company can not effectively work with each other. 2 (now 3) week vacation policy but it is mandatory to use your PTO between christmas and new years, so you lose 3-4 days automatically. There is a lot of domain knowledge that experienced team members have acquired over time, but you are expected to know on day one. Extremely stressful.

1.0

May 15, 2014

Lack of transferable skills; Don't stay too long!

Business specialist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

For the majority of departments, it is a decent employer for someone fresh out of college but don't stay longer than 2-3 years or your career will suffer due to a plateau of transferable skills. If you are capable and experienced (solid skills, innovative, creative) it isn't worth staying longer than 2-3 years because you will loose momentum in the work force. Advancement opportunities are few and far between and pay increase is slight if at all.

Cons

Many poor business practices used that are not transferable. There is an "in crowd" and if you are not part of it don't stay longer than 2-3 years or you will be cheating your potential. My career path was delayed due to false promises and constant re-organizations of the various leaders and departments; I stayed too long (6.5yrs) which was a huge career delaying mistake myself and former colleagues also experienced.

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Jobs at Blackhawk Network

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