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      3.3

      45% would recommend to a friend

      (2,109 total reviews)
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      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 2,109 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
      Jun 16, 2017

      Software Engineer

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      - Caring, transparent, cooperative team culture - Smart, driven, and social co-workers - Good mentorship from coworkers for new / recent grads - Every team's work is crucial to the mission of making commerce easy - Applications here are high availability, deployed frequently, and reach a broad audience - Flexible work hours with unlimited PTO - Frequent office off-sites to events such as movies, go-karting, escape the room - Weekly happy hour / social - Teammates genuinely care and go above and beyond to support one another, personally and professionally

      Cons

      - Company has a liberal culture, which has a lot of pros and some cons

      5.0
      Jan 18, 2017

      Great company to grow at!

      Business operations manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Square is an amazing place to learn and grow. The speed of change sparks affords new opportunities on a very regular basis. Even as the company has grown and gone public, the culture is still very horizontal and executives and higher level managers are still very approachable and open to new ideas. Perks are great - flexible vacation policy, good food in the office, plenty of snacks, coffee bar, and a beautiful office. The CEO has strong morale convictions and this clearly guides his leadership. It's very refreshing to have someone this authentic heading the company who speaks their actual opinion about social issues. Even when I don't agree with him, it's nice to know it's actually his opinion (opposed to something his legal team drafted up).

      Cons

      A lot of these issues have been fixed, but due to the rapid growth there are still some systems issues and managers that are in over their heads. Most of these Managers have been replaced (or moved to a more appropriate level), but some remain in higher level positions who lack the necessary experience in critical areas which is still causing some pain. The HR team is understaffed so they are not in a position to offer much support, but this is currently being addressed. The CEO's political beliefs create a somewhat insular environment, though I'm sure most tech companies are like this. It would be a challenging place for someone with conservative political views to work at.

      3.0
      Dec 15, 2016

      Operations

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great perks, everything that should be of a tech company

      Cons

      Management sucks, horrible customer service, and no accountability

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