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

Jan 20, 2022

Great company

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good salary & perks Nice people to work with

Cons

Too much legacy code Stock vests in 4 yrs

4.0

Jan 5, 2022

Nice people, good products, but confused leadership

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

People are always very nice, friendly, and helpful. As an engineer, I have a great work-life-balance. When it comes to delivering on new features, Square's tooling is a bit esoteric but usually gets the job done with minimal waiting (and when it doesn't, the nice/friendly/helpful people I just mentioned will unblock you really fast).

Cons

C-Suite leadership makes bizarre decisions (e.g. renaming to Block) that somehow promises to make *them* a lot of money, but doesn't contribute towards better products for users (e.g. Jack's obsession with crypto). There's a mixture of new and pleasant technology, and old legacy stuff that has to continue to be supported. This would not be so bad, except there is a surprising amount of resistance if you decide not to build *new* things with the old legacy technology. "Software architecture" isn't a priority for Block's microservices - so while everything works and individual services have unit tests, creating usable APIs for cross-team boundaries is usually an afterthought that makes it a pain to ever make new connections.

5.0

Dec 24, 2021

Great WLB and interesting work

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- WLB was amazing - Work was interesting, especially on the Cash App side

Cons

- Pay is not competitive compared to other tech companies

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