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      3.3

      45% would recommend to a friend

      (405 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

      3.7

      Work/Life balance

      3.2

      Culture & values

      3.1

      Career opportunities

      2.4

      Senior management

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      5.0
      Oct 25, 2014

      Couldn't be much better.

      Anonymous
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      Pros

      I feel so lucky to work here. My team is full of incredibly smart, friendly, funny people - all people I'd want to be friends with outside of work. I feel both challenged and supported in my work. I genuinely trust Jack as a leader as well as the rest of our execs. And of course the perks and office space are wonderful too. Pay feels really fair, even generous (except for holiday time: see below.)

      Cons

      It has been very, very difficult to get time off. Part of this is a function of my team, and I get that someone needs to be around to do the work. However, I think that if you're going to require people to stay and work over holidays, you should be paying them enough them enough to really make it worth it.

      5.0
      Oct 17, 2014

      Great place for software engineering

      Software engineer
      Recommend
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      Pros

      - The engineers here tend to be really good. The senior engineers are the best and brightest I've worked with. The junior ones are also very sharp and have lots of potential. - Some really interesting technical problems to work on -- lots of fun, challenging, and interesting work. - In addition to being smart, the people are generally great to get along with. - Cash compensation is good for this market. Benefits are decent. And equity has a chance to be worth a lot. - Transparency and meritocracy are strong values (much better than typical corporate culture). - Great mission, lots of passion for helping small businesses and generally improving commerce. - Cool office space (SF has amazing space, a shuffleboard table, and a pool table. ATL has a cool space, nice bar, and a ping-pong table.)

      Cons

      - We're not yet great at remote collaboration (video conferencing, etc). This can make it hard, being outside of SF (though things have been constantly improving since I've been here -- it was really bad when I first started). - Sometimes there are techno-politics to deal with. Engineers are diverse in opinions (which is great!). But there seem to be a lot of ideologists and fewer pragmatists (not great!) - Roller coaster ride based on press coverage. (It's been more negative press recently I think, which is saddening, especially since so much of it is inaccurate.)

      5.0
      Oct 14, 2014

      Awesome place to work

      Software engineer
      Recommend
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      Pros

      The perks are great (benefits, food, office), but my favorite part of working at Square are my co-workers. I've learned so much in the past year because pretty much everyone I work with is either really experienced or very eager to learn.

      Cons

      The compensation and benefits aren't as great as larger companies in the bay area (eg: Google, Apple)

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