Block reviews

3.3

45% would recommend to a friend

(2,112 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 2,112 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
5.0
Jul 31, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

It's uplifting and delightful when small business owners write to us about how our software helped their business thrive by being efficient and making the right business decisions. Unlimited vacation is wonderful and opens up workplace dynamics you wouldn't see otherwise - wanna work from another city/country for a few weeks? Go right ahead, you could have taken it as vacation anyway. Need to help a friend move? Feeling tired? Take some time off. Food is phenomenal. Perks are great. The highlight is still the people.

Cons

Competition in the payments space is fierce and there are some serious 800-pound gorillas in the room (Amazon, Paypal, Apple, Google) - you don't get the comfortable security of knowing that massive network effects guarantee company success like you would at a place like Facebook, Twitter, Whatsapp, Uber, etc. There's a certain hit to morale seeing the explosive success of all these other companies while we slowly fight against the bureaucracy of governments, banks and financial systems, but I think we will outlive them all.

4.0
May 12, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great infrastructure, small teams, very obvious goals.

Cons

Kind of weird, directionless management. Not a whole lot of heirarchy but it seems to be more than necessary/effectual.

5.0
Sep 8, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Collaborative environment - Ideas and prioritization comes from the line - Lots of mentorship opportunities for individual contributors.

Cons

- Promoting from within also means that there aren't enough senior managers. - Needs more mentorship opportunities at the manager level. - Need to fund speculative projects a little less and ship earlier / fail fast.

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