JustGiving reviews

3.4

55% would recommend to a friend

(70 total reviews)
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Pascale Harvey

38% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

JustGiving has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 70 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The JustGiving employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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70 reviews
5.0
Feb 2, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Relaxed environment, interesting stuff happening on the tech side and collaborative team working. Ability to work from home is good. The culture is good... seems to be improving gradually and think that is down to a change in a few senior hires across the business and a new wave of energy emerging

Cons

Communication is bad and you don't really hear from the management team. A few aggressive personalities in the office and there is always a shift on projects. New Wave in HR really seem like they want to address that and other culturally impactful things which is hopeful but this will take time.

1.0
Feb 1, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Doing good for people is a huge Pro and the reason many work at JustGiving. The office space is also very cool and funky.

Cons

Certain members of the management team were so desperate to promote themselves and their self interests that the culture and original vision has fallen by the weigh side. There was a series of redundancies of very experienced people that challenged or would challenge the Management Team. You're now left with a core of less experienced 'yes' people. This has impacted the company significantly and you can see that culturally and financially. JustGiving is a shell of its former self.

3.0
Oct 31, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

A place where you can contribute to making good things happen in an environment where the single reason for the company existing is exactly that. The best working environment imaginable. Market related salaries. Solid technical architecture.

Cons

These are just my observations and opinions as a developer. They are totally subjective and my opinion only: There is a disconnect between senior management and what's going on on the ground. The company vision has become unambitious yet paradoxically senior management is persistently coming up with unrealistic growth projections (and growth requirements for new products), widening the gap between plans and reality to such an extent that plans became a de-motivational tool rather than inspiring employees to reach them (due to their unrealistic nature). Cost cutting and profit maximizing replaced the principle of doing what is right when it comes to decision making. Core company values and culture have vanished compared to two years ago with low moral and unmotivated employees abounding. JustGiving has lost the excitement of talented people coming together to make a difference. It has become a very corporate feeling environment and now feels just like working for an employer that could be in any sector (may as well be a financial service institution). Core talent pool is degrading and years of experience have, and are busy pouring out of the organisation at an unsustainable pace. Innovation and experimentation in products have given way to a culture of fear of trying. Limited budgets are stifling innovation to thrive. Product managers are not empowered to own and evolve products. Team structures are not cross functional and formed in an agile manner to address product needs. Rather, teams are being decided at a managerial level and seems to have formed to make management feel more secure rather than to address a need in an agile manner. Recruitment is failing to address a shortage in key areas like QA and front end development.

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