Proceed with caution - Anonymous employee GiveCampus Employee Review

2.0
May 4, 2022
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Many GiveCampus staff are remarkably bright, compassionate, and interesting people. They are among the most supportive and driven colleagues you will ever work with. Upon leaving GiveCampus, former colleagues help each other advance in their future careers.

Cons

I never intended to write a Glassdoor review, but I was compelled to after reading an article where the CEO cites a thriving company culture, a supportive environment for mental health, and a workplace that supports “taking care of the whole you.” These claims are not at all in keeping with my experience.
 While strides may have been taken to improve work-life balance during the pandemic out of necessity, GiveCampus is historically known as a culture that rewards over-working and lacks transparency and healthy boundaries. Many GiveCampus employees will tell you that they were drastically underpaid for their labor and felt manipulated. No amount of being "paid in experience" justifies the unrealistic and under-compensated expectations that GiveCampus places on many of its staff who are eager to buy into the mission. 
 As demonstrated in the article referenced, GiveCampus tries to project a very happy-go-lucky outward impression. However, GiveCampus struggles so heavily with retention for the very fact that employees do not feel valued. 
 With this in mind, if you are applying for a job at GiveCampus, I encourage you to be very intentional about asking junior and mid-level staff if and how they’ve seen the company culture evolve. I really do hope this evolution has occurred, but I would be cautious of accepting claims of a thriving culture at face-value.

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5.0
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Pros

This organization is innovative and fast moving. You'll gain great experience. The leadership are engaged and easy to talk to. I feel like I can ping Kestrel with an idea or ask a question without any fear. Onboarding is one of the best I've ever experienced. Leadership has taken feedback and implemented really great changes. Compensation, PTO, and benefits are solid. We all work hard, but it's meaningful work. Our customers are called partners, and the mentality throughout is that we're striving to help educational institutions meet their fundraising goals, because it matters. It's fulfilling to have such a good purpose. All teammates are empowered to meet with our partners. Because we're fully remote, we have ambassadors dotting around the country, meaning one of us is never too far away to make a visit happen, to show how much we value them.

Cons

Like all companies that are pioneering into the future, GC is investing in ai, and it feels like a risk. However, we are really at the cutting edge are doing it well. Some of the tools the org uses are a bit janky, but it represents more of a philosophy that values trying new things. Team members are expected to push, to work hard, and to achieve spectacular things on impressive timelines for our partners. It can lead to burnout. However, they perform blameless postmortems, they value individual feedback, and there is a real sense that the work you do translates directly to bringing meaningful value, so even though it's tough, it's something you can be proud of. I hear that benefits are always being discussed and that things like 401k matching are actively being planned for.

1.0
Jun 9, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Unlimited paid sick time, intelligent coworkers, remote work. Bonus paid quarterly instead of annual, which is a nice (but not strong enough) differentiator

Cons

Below market salary, only 3 weeks PTO, insurance starting 1st of month after hire, unaddressed technical debt. To meet expectations, you need to put in far beyond 40 hr/wk, not including mandatory requests for extra hours during peak seasons. Those who succeed do in fact work nights and weekends, feeding into a "performance" culture that encourages burnout and unhealthy competition. From an engineering perspective, I would *highly* avoid the code base, even with AI tools, given the amount of cruft present and love needed to bring it to modern times.

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