Granicus Software Developer reviews

2.2

13% would recommend to a friend

(20 total reviews)
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Mark Hynes

10% approve of CEO

5% positive business outlook

Software Developer employees have rated Granicus with 2.2 out of 5 stars, based on 20 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer professionals have an average working experience there. Granicus is rated 40% below average by Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.6 stars).

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20 reviews
1.0
Mar 2, 2026

Avoid like the plague!

Recommend
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Pros

Fully remote is about it. My manager was a true example of how management should be and treat those they manage!

Cons

They are trying to sell the company for 4x the valuation and just acquiring as many other companies as possible so they can temporarily look more profitable than they actually are. Meanwhile with each acquisition, they are dismantling these acquired companies piece by piece blindly laying off tenured employees who hold critical roles, alienating customers, destroying culture, providing zero communication, and leaving the remaining unproductive picking up the pieces. How can anyone be excited to come to a place where they are just fearing when they will be laid off? They do all of this under the disguise of "restructuring/reorganization" and "geographic engineering" (aka outsourcing labor). They choose to cut corners and chase profit at the expense of employees and their families. Upper level management sits in a tower occasionally addressing the company in all-staff meetings as though we were peasants in King's Landing expected to praise their accomplishments while being given scraps!

3.0
Jan 12, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

- Incredible coworkers, peers, and mid-managers. - Solid focus on work-life balance. - Valuable work when the opportunity arises.

Cons

- Product quality is secondary (or third, or seventh) to meeting metrics. They require the use of AI tools to the point where even if it is not helpful, employees are using the tools in irrelevant ways simply to meet metrics that their job performance is evaluated on. - Constant messaging of progressive and supportive rhetoric from leadership that is quietly dismantled or actively worked against in practice. - Lack of transparency when it comes to problematic clients, particularly clients that may have politically charged reputations. Support for these clients is unwavering despite current employees and their families facing turmoil outside of work because of them. No discussion, dialogue, or words of support are offered, and questions are met with silence. - Lack of transparency with concerns about the company trajectory. Leadership is under no requirement to be completely transparent with its employees, however they brand themselves as open for dialogue and then do not follow through. - Aggressive geomixing as a cost-saving measure, which has resulted in a loss of legacy knowledge on our products and significantly slows the development process. - "Penny-pinching" and "belt-tightening" for years with few employee-level upsides to show for it.

2.0
Jul 9, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Central London Office Hybrid and remote working is standard

Cons

Decision making is very opaque and doesn't reflect employees efforts or those with product knowledge Management doesn't listen to input from employees Very bureaucratic Offshoring skilled jobs and replacing with less skilled counterparts

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