JustGiving reviews

The disruptive start-up culture of innovation and autonomy has been replaced with a stuffy corporate mentality, favouring process and rules over development and flexibility. WFH and remote working are being severely limited and/or scrapped. Longevity is rewarded over ability so progression opportunities are severely restricted. The Blackbaud international management team cobbled together to run JG since the acquisition lack understanding of the market and consumer brand, so the proposition is no longer competitive or appealing. The competition (GoFundMe, Facebook Causes etc) offer a better product at a lesser cost. The people-before-profits mantra of the founders has been abandoned in the pursuit of shareholder returns - incidentally Blackbaud share value has dropped from $95 down to $60 in the last 12 months. Many departments (IT, marketing, CS) that report into the corporate overlords will undoubtedly be near-shored to Charleston and Texas in 2019. Expect the London office to be reduced in size dramatically in the coming months.

This is your classic case of managers having failed at being engineers, so they've moved into a vertical where they can at least 'look' as if they're doing something useful. It's your classic mates-with promotion structure and even selective managers will spend most of their time flirting with those engineers they consider the most attractive. There are plenty of far better companies in London especially if you're into .NET, don't add misery to your life by being tempted by an offer