Is Block a good company to work for?

Block has an overall rating of 3.3 out of 5, based on over 2,277 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 11% 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 3.7 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 (254) , Senior Software Engineer (93) , Account Executive (82) , Customer Success Advocate (71) , Product Manager (33) , Account Manager (32) , Data Scientist (29) , Program Manager (23) , Customer Service Representative (20) , Business Development Representative (BDR) (19) , Senior Account Executive (18) , Customer Support Representative (17) , Engineering Manager (17) , Executive Assistant (17) , Project Manager (17)

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 245 reviews)); "The benefits are great including unlimited PTO and meals." ((in 233 reviews)); "Good work life balance and WFH option" ((in 148 reviews)); "Great coworkers and purpose driven work" ((in 60 reviews)); "All teams are great" ((in 57 reviews))

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

"poor leadership and lack of growth/development" ((in 109 reviews)); "Frequent internal restructuring and layoffs (2023" ((in 103 reviews)); "Bad management and leaders only care about what they like" ((in 73 reviews)); "Toxic managers in some teams." ((in 48 reviews)); "lack of transparency from upper management" ((in 16 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 , Boston , Dallas , Philadelphia , Washington , Houston , Sacramento , California City , Irvine , San Diego , South San Francisco , San Jose , Orlando , Salt Lake City , Charlotte , Raleigh , Cincinnati

Block reviews

3.3

45% would recommend to a friend

(2,122 total reviews)

Jack Dorsey

32% approve of CEO

26% positive business outlook

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Block has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 2,122 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).

Reviews by job title

2K reviews

4.0

Oct 7, 2025

Pretty Positive Experience

Visual designer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Things have changed since I last worked there in 2022, also benefits were a lot different pre-pandemic, but overall a good salary, mostly good people to work with, and great work/life balance.

Cons

Normal corporate b.s. to be expected in any corporate environment.

4.0

Sep 15, 2025

Good Work Life Balance, Decent Pay

Machine learning engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Chill bottoms up culture, though that is starting to change and become more top-down.

Cons

A lot of re-orgs and general chaos as of late.

4.0

Aug 25, 2025

Great ERGs and Benefits, raises drastically decreased over the past 2-3 years

Law enforcement response analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Work from home, benefits, wellness benefits, affordable health insurance, neurodiversity ERG (and others), great networking opportunity.

Cons

Lots of change without input from people that actually do the work, seems to have become too focused on profit/larger accounts > quality/small businesses, significant decrease in raises, lay-offs.

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