Is Block a good company to work for as a Software Developer?

Software Developer professionals working at Block have rated their employer with 3.4 out of 5 stars in 252 Glassdoor reviews. This is a higher than average score with the overall rating of Block employees being 3.3 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Developer Jobs at Block now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Developer interview questions at Block .

Does Block pay Software Developer employees well?

Software Developer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Block with 4.1 out of 5 stars based on 252 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 5% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Developer salaries at Block.

How happy are Software Developer professionals working at Block?

44% of Software Developer employees at Block would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has decreased by 24% in the past 12 months. Software Developer professionals have also rated Block with a 4.1 rating for work-life-balance, 4.0 rating for diversity and inclusion, 3.3 rating for culture and values and 3.2 rating for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Block?

Software Engineer (253) , Senior Software Engineer (93) , Account Executive (80) , Customer Success Advocate (71) , Product Manager (33) , Account Manager (32) , Data Scientist (29) , Program Manager (22) , 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 252 reviews)); "Great benefits and a lot of trust" ((in 219 reviews)); "Good work life balance and WFH option" ((in 145 reviews)); "Pay and RSU options really good." ((in 115 reviews)); "Great coworkers and purpose driven work" ((in 62 reviews))

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

"Frequent internal restructuring and layoffs (2023" ((in 103 reviews)); "poor leadership and lack of growth/development" ((in 102 reviews)); "Bad management and leaders only care about what they like" ((in 71 reviews)); "Bad managers seem to be a relatively common complaint among IC employees I talked to." ((in 46 reviews)); "Middle and Senior upper management are very inconsistent." ((in 12 reviews))

Block Software Developer reviews

3.4

44% would recommend to a friend

(252 total reviews)

Jack Dorsey

22% approve of CEO

17% positive business outlook

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Software Developer employees have rated Block with 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 252 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer professionals have a good working experience there. Block is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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252 reviews

5.0

Mar 28, 2022

WLB is amazing

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

WLB is amazing workflow is geared towards maintaining good WLB good documentation

Cons

a lot of reorgs priority shift in work

1.0

Mar 14, 2022

Seller org sucks

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

People are respectful and are easy to work with.

Cons

Zero innovation! Bad leadership and plagued by politics. Too many old timers who are just coasting.

4.0

Mar 9, 2022

Great people, confusing shift in business focus

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The people are friendly, communicative, and collaborative Lots of products to make an impact on You can get lucky and end up on some really great teams I&D work is great

Cons

Crypto took over the place and it seems counter what the company's mission has always been Clear favoritism for certain projects and teams... valuable, mainstay products feel under-appreciated Management has this vision for connecting all these disparate parts of the company, but doesn't put enough resources into making that technically feasible

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