Headed in the Wrong Direction - Customer Success Blackbaud Employee Review

2.0
10 May 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The best thing about Blackbaud is its customers. Where else do you have the opportunity to work with so many amazing nonprofit customers?! In theory, the company offers a great way for anyone passionate about social good to really amplify their impact on the world around them. I absolutely loved working there from 2013-2017.

Cons

Things began changing for the worst in late 2017. The focus on the customer completely disappeared and the company implemented policies that (in many cases) created deep negative impacts on our nonprofit clients' abilities to do their missions. The ELT (Executive Leadership Team) only cares about the bottom line and will do ANYTHING to get to this nirvana of being a "billion dollar company." I'd be fine with that if we were squeezing pennies from regular for-profit companies, but squeezing hospitals, universities, and nonprofits is not something that I can morally support. There are layoffs every January and the culture in the Austin office is terrible right now.

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Pros

I enjoy working for the company

Cons

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Blackbaud Response
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Thanks for your review! We appreciate you taking the time to tell us about your experience working at Blackbaud. One of our best assets is our company culture, and that starts first with our people. We pride ourselves on the amazing individuals that we get to work with everyday! Thanks again for sharing your experience!
1.0
25 Jun 2026
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Pros

Amazing work life balance, great PTO, amazing front line manager

Cons

Non-existent job security, poor leadership

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