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      3.3

      45% would recommend to a friend

      (2,113 total reviews)
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      Jack Dorsey

      32% approve of CEO

      26% positive business outlook

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      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 2,113 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
      Jan 23, 2017

      Mission driven

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Small enough to have clear line of sight to your work's impact but with the benefits and transparency of a public company. Very strong executive team and board. Clear mission. Unbelievably good coffee.

      Cons

      Less internal mobility than a larger company.

      4.0
      Jan 19, 2017

      Great potential but growing too fast

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Great people and product! - Free Breakfast and Cheap Lunch - Flexible work hours and balanced life style - Sarah and Jack are truly inspiring leaders!

      Cons

      - Extremely high turnover primarily due to lack of internal growth. - As a young company that went IPO, a lot of managers never worked for a public company before, there is a lot of teaching your managers what it means to be public.

      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.

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