Block reviews

3.3

45% would recommend to a friend

(2,112 total reviews)
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Jack Dorsey

32% approve of CEO

26% positive business outlook

Block has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 2,112 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
3.0
Feb 28, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Work life balance is good Pay is good

Cons

Much churn, can hardly plan a month in advance Lack of decision making, and then changing decisions without communicating Lots of side-chats lacking viz

2.0
Feb 26, 2026

Not what it was

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Pros

I joined in 2020 and loved working here, I was constantly being challenged and rewarded for innovation. I had a lot of control over my program and we saw great growth. The employees are incredibly smart and talented. Everyone really cares about their work.

Cons

Everything I once loved has fallen apart. I had 8 managers in 6 years, and only promoted once because of it. Leadership turnover creates constant changes in priorities, and increasingly, leadership has turned risk-averse and resorted to micromanagement. Constant layoffs leave everyone feeling tense and fearful. Environment is less about collaboration and more about competition, making sure you're not stack ranked at the bottom. Was told by my leadership there were not promotions available on our team as we're already all "too advanced" in our levels. Leadership many levels removed makes all the decisions and those of us who execute on those decisions get told what to do and when we say it's impossible or we have a good reason for not doing it that way we're told they don't care and do it anyway. You have to deliver projects you aren't proud of or you know aren't the right direction.

3.0
Feb 24, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Good people and work life balance

Cons

Lack of leadership and poor morale

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