Is Block a good company to work for?

Block has an overall rating of 3.3 out of 5, based on over 2,272 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 (253) , Senior Software Engineer (93) , Account Executive (81) , 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 235 reviews)); "Great benefits and a lot of trust" ((in 235 reviews)); "Good work/ life balance if your role allows it" ((in 142 reviews)); "Pay and RSU options really good." ((in 116 reviews)); "Great teams of really talented people" ((in 62 reviews))

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

"Frequent internal restructuring and layoffs (2023" ((in 108 reviews)); "Bad management and leaders only care about what they like" ((in 70 reviews)); "Bad managers seem to be a relatively common complaint among IC employees I talked to." ((in 49 reviews)); "lack of transparency from upper management" ((in 13 reviews)); "Poor training." ((in 12 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 , South San Francisco , San Jose , Orlando , Salt Lake City , Charlotte , Raleigh , Cincinnati , Irvine , San Diego

Block reviews

3.3

45% would recommend to a friend

(2,118 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 2,118 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

May 16, 2019

Academic and rigorous, abrupt org changes

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Talented and robust mid-senior/ director level managers, mission-driven, effective strategic alignment

Cons

Unempathetic to individual employees, abrupt and ruthless org changes, sometimes allow bullying by managers

5.0

May 15, 2019

Great company, meaningful mission

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Fantastic leadership team - Company purpose of "Economic Empowerment" is deeply baked into decision-making - Extremely talented and kind coworkers - Constant influx of effusively positive feedback from merchants is great for morale on tough days

Cons

- Engineering productivity sometimes hampered by dependencies on other teams' roadmaps - Mobile CI very short on build machines and is a major productivity bottleneck.

4.0

May 15, 2019

Overall good

Content specialist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good working environment, good cross team collaboration, great queer community.

Cons

Fair amount of re-orgs

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