Is Block a good company to work for?

Block has an overall rating of 3.3 out of 5, based on over 2,260 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 12% over the last 12 months. 45% of employees would recommend working at Block to a friend and 26% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Block have been left by employees working as Recruiter , Operations and Customer Support .

Does Block pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Block employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.9 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Block. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Block?

45% of Block employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Block 3.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.2 for culture and values and 3.1 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Block?

Software Engineer (251) , Senior Software Engineer (93) , Account Executive (80) , Customer Success Advocate (71) , Product Manager (33) , Account Manager (32) , Data Scientist (29) , Program Manager (22) , Customer Service Representative (20) , Business Development Representative (BDR) (19) , Senior Account Executive (18) , Customer Support Representative (17) , Executive Assistant (17) , Project Manager (17) , Customer Success (16)

What are the pros of working at Block according to real employee reviews?

"The people were great and always positive and up to help." ((in 242 reviews)); "Great benefits and a lot of trust" ((in 227 reviews)); "Good work life balance and WFH option" ((in 144 reviews)); "Pay and RSU options really good." ((in 115 reviews)); "Great coworkers and purpose driven work" ((in 62 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Block according to real employee reviews?

"constant layoffs (I'm one of nearly 4k people laid off in the latest round)" ((in 109 reviews)); "Bad management and leaders only care about what they like" ((in 71 reviews)); "Bad managers seem to be a relatively common complaint among IC employees I talked to." ((in 46 reviews)); "lack of transparency from upper management" ((in 13 reviews)); "Back stabbing middle management" ((in 11 reviews))

What are employees saying about Block layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Block layoffs and their outlook for job security at Block in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Block locations?

San Francisco , Saint Louis , New York , Atlanta , Seattle , Oakland , Scottsdale , Los Angeles , Portland , Phoenix , Chicago , Miami , Austin , Denver , Dallas , Philadelphia , Boston , Washington , Houston , Sacramento , California City , South San Francisco , San Jose , Orlando , Salt Lake City , Raleigh , Cincinnati , Irvine , San Diego , Santa Clara

Block reviews

3.3

45% would recommend to a friend

(2,106 total reviews)

Jack Dorsey

32% approve of CEO

26% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Compensation and benefits

3.8

Diversity & inclusion

3.8

Work/Life balance

3.2

Culture & values

3.1

Career opportunities

2.4

Senior management

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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Reviews by job title

2K reviews

2.0

Oct 29, 2018

Anonymous

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Free snacks and continental breakfast, good health benefits.

Cons

Feeling like San Francisco site thinks St. Louis employees are red necks that are below them in knowledge.

4.0

May 2, 2018

Solid company with some problems

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Excellent people, variety of projects, lots of growth and money, learning opportunities.

Cons

Most teams have a rotating 24-hour on-call duty, which I found intrusive: there were lots of pages that needed attention, and the primary and secondary rotations together lasted two weeks. A lot of the work was similar to Operations, so I found the problems I was solving were not interesting. Also, it turned out that my role involved a lot of cross-team politics. I did not find this out until I started the job and looked at the "eng levels" description.

3.0

Oct 9, 2017

Great lifestyle; limited career growth

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Square is great if you're lifestyle-oriented. You're not expected to work more than 40 hrs / week and most people are out of the office by 5:30 so it's a great place to work for people with kids. They also have an amazing kitchen that feeds you 3 meals a day, and they recently added 401K matching. - Company mission - Transparency - Lifestyle - Square kitchen

Cons

If you're ambitious, Square doesn't have a lot of career growth opportunities. It's something they're working on. Right now, Square is a company you stay at for a couple years and then have to leave if you want more money or increased responsibilities. - Career growth - Compensation - Innovation

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Solid company with some problems

Great lifestyle; limited career growth

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