Block reviews

3.3

45% would recommend to a friend

(2,106 total reviews)
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Jack Dorsey

32% approve of CEO

26% positive business outlook

Block has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 2,106 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Block employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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2K reviews
2.0
Jan 31, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Block used to value people and emphasized on talent development.

Cons

Not a stable company any more. Stock is doing bad still. With the company resource constraint 12K announcement and the recent layoffs (thousands folks), employees has been demotivated and were lack of motivation working in the midst of uncertainty and pressure. Management and HR had been keeping their mouths shut. The recent massive layoff was rough. Former employees felt like they were garage and dumped to waste. Termination was cruel and was communicated through 1 email with no human interaction. Post employment info session was prerecorded. All access were blocked in the morning and no one to/can reach out and say good bye. Severance packing was just okay. It felt betrayed despite being a long time (over 6 years) employee. I still gave 2 stars considering this company provided growth opportunities in the past. I feel sorry for folks who survive.

1.0
Jun 3, 2021

Horrific

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Working Remote forever Quarterly Equity Payments - after 1st year

Cons

Dysfunctional Leadership Disconnected Executives Giving Executive Assistants leadership roles over other executive assistants, so execs don't have to deal with their admins, is a dysfunctional system. Not every EA is a leader and not every EA is capable of being an objective leader over their contemporaries. When its revealed that "leadership" EA's have meetings and complain, gossip and backstab their "EA teams," the myth of teamwork and trust evaporates. And good luck being added to a team that will allow you to flourish. The metric these "EA leads`' use to designate which team you will be added to is non existent. So your success is anyone's best guess. They indoctrinate you with the mantra that everyone is a team member and that you're all there to support each other. But don't be surprised when you find out the co-worker you asked for support, and who seemed more than willing to assist, also complained to your manager that you disturbed their workday. In an environment that teaches you to lean on your "team," you really need to figure everything out yourself after your first week or so. If you're an executive assistant that prefers to build bonds with your executives, this might not be the work place for you. That relationship is usurped by the company's desire for you to report into the EA selected as your manager. And as I said, some EA's lack the skills necessary to be leaders. But they're great at collecting the bigger pay check. :)

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2.0
Mar 29, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Great perks, Flexible PTO, Hackweeks, and amazing location

Cons

No long term plan for headcount/ people. WAY TO MANY CONTRACTORS so no one has any experience and half your time is telling people how to do their jobs. No real job training when someone is promoted to management. Managers are ridiculously unprofessional and talk about everyone behind their back. I have seen managers stand behind people and roll eyes, feign sleeping, and other just cruel things. Ubers' culture is traveling upstairs to our offices.

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