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Office politics are extremely pervasive in Square. I've known coworkers fired over personal disagreements. If you don't drink the kool-aid, you're gone. Management refuses to admit mistakes. The communications team seems to focus on placating employees, not telling an inspiring narrative to the rest of the world. Generally, projects move at a glacial pace unless management happens to fancy your project this quarter. The next quarter your headcount could be gone. I saw projects take two years that should have taken 3-6 months. Compensation is unimpressive. I think there's more of an effort recently to improve it, but for many employees like myself it's too little too late. For as many great engineers as there are, there are equally as many really poor engineers. Square grew far too quickly, and its talent suffered as a result. In general, engineering makes little investment in the future. Technical debt is extremely high with no plan on how to pay it down.

- Google Square and you'll see it is rated 2 stars, and for the same complaints that it's merchants have is the a problem that is not getting resolved through the eyes of an employee the turnover rate is huge because they hire on contingent workers with low pay and do not offer upward mobility unless you are white/gay. This company hugely discriminates! Yes you will see a couple specs of minorities around the building but they either work as a janitor or a contingent worker never anything more. So as far as career opportunities there are none. - Square has treated me and my colleagues as if we are invisible. I have no idea who my supervisor is and that is sad. - For the past several months my team has been getting paid to sit here. It may seem like a fun job to sit and do nothing but not when it messes with the overall productivity of the company.