So Lean, Their Anorexic - Program Manager Blackhawk Network Employee Review

3.0
Oct 2, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

The employees really make the business and people are passionate about what they do. The individual contributors I work with day to day really care about what they do.

Cons

The pay is laughably uncompetitive, but leadership has deluded itself into thinking it is. Despite the pay being so low, we also are painfully understaffed. They say we operate lean but we're not lean, we're anorexic. Sr. leadership makes a concerted effort to identify problem areas, but then don't care enough to fix them if they consider them unpalatable (e.g. increased work from home or comp). Teams do not operate well cross-functionally, particularly US-based corp HR.

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1.0
Jun 9, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Remote work and good insurance, but not worth the abuse you have to undertake.

Cons

This is the worse company ever, there is no work life balance, we did not have holidays and even when trying to take PTO that I had earned, they made it look like we were taking advantage of the company. The paycheck is low and the culture is so toxic… stay away from these people.

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