Blackhawk Network reviews

3.4

57% would recommend to a friend

(955 total reviews)
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Talbott Roche

76% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

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).

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955 reviews
2.0
May 25, 2012

An employee slaughterhouse

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The gift card industry is growing and it is an exiting opportunity to be a part of. There are many people trying to do great things here.

Cons

Senior management needs to recognize their employees for all the great things they do and stop treating their employees like robots. There is no real work/life balance here. Senior management prefers to strain every ounce of time out of their employees without regard for their personal lives. The pay is way below market and don't expect raises above 2% because unless you're senior management, you will not get anything higher than that. Too much smoke and too many mirrors here. Senior management makes too many promises and never delivers.

1.0
Feb 8, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

commute is great, many people are very nice, prepaid market is interesting, and, well, did i mention the commute ?

Cons

The one thing Blackhawk is good at is building buses. They're no good at building products. They're no good at strategy. They're no good at tactics. They're no good at innovating. They're no good at accountability. They're no good at learning from mistakes. They're no good at developing or keeping talent. They're no good at paying hourly workers for hours actually worked. They're no good at good faith. They're no good at decency. The one thing Blackhawk is good at is building buses. No matter how many times they turn your hard work into a failure, there's always a bus available to throw someone under.

2.0
Sep 14, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The product is good, the evolution of the company is interesting, and the employees see no translation of it in salaries or incentives. Location is great.

Cons

Disrespectful Management. The work environment is harsh because what is requested to employees is to work without the necessary tools to achieve unrealistic goals. Partners are usually impressed about how tough is the treatment on the phone of some Managers towards employees. I have encountered unprepared Managers that were qualified to deploy their Projects and had a proven record of it but had ZERO Management skills. I have seen unacceptable behaviors of Management within this company. Human Resources does nothing to protect employees from inappropriate management.

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