Is Block a good company to work for?

Block has an overall rating of 3.3 out of 5, based on over 2,285 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 11% over the last 12 months. 44% of employees would recommend working at Block to a friend and 26% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Block have been left by employees working as Recruiter , Operations and Customer Support .

Does Block pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Block employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.9 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Block. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Block?

44% of Block employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Block 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.2 for culture and values and 3.1 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Block?

Software Engineer (255) , Senior Software Engineer (93) , Account Executive (83) , Customer Success Advocate (72) , Product Manager (33) , Account Manager (32) , Data Scientist (29) , Program Manager (23) , 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 245 reviews)); "The benefits are great including unlimited PTO and meals." ((in 223 reviews)); "Good work/ life balance if your role allows it" ((in 146 reviews)); "Great coworkers and purpose driven work" ((in 65 reviews)); "Great teams of really talented people" ((in 57 reviews))

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

"poor leadership and lack of growth/development" ((in 115 reviews)); "constant layoffs (I'm one of nearly 4k people laid off in the latest round)" ((in 103 reviews)); "Bad management and leaders only care about what they like" ((in 72 reviews)); "Bad managers seem to be a relatively common complaint among IC employees I talked to." ((in 51 reviews)); "lack of transparency from upper management" ((in 15 reviews))

What are employees saying about Block layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Block layoffs and their outlook for job security at Block in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Block locations?

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3.3

44% would recommend to a friend

(405 total reviews)

Jack Dorsey

32% approve of CEO

26% positive business outlook

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3.9

Compensation and benefits

3.7

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 14, 2014

Square is best company I've worked for

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

You work with really smart individuals on problems that help people grow what they love doing.

Cons

Salary is a little low, but the potential is huge!

5.0

Oct 14, 2014

Exciting and rewarding late-stage startup

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

#1 a very energizing place to work, strong sense of mission in the world #2 strong engineering culture, amazing coworkers who are brilliant, hard working, and inspiring #3 transparent culture, feels like family, very trustworthy and competent management team #4 great equity; good benefits, salary, flexibility

Cons

#1 can be demanding, long hours needed sometimes, can be hard to achieve work-life balance #2 direct management can be somewhat hands off depending on team

5.0

Oct 14, 2014

Inspiring leadership, talented people, and incredible opportunity ahead

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Leaders at this company are truly inspiring- particularly impressive given size and the access each employee has to our leaders - Open and transparent company- one always knows what is going on around him/her and have opportunity to contribute ideas - In an exciting industry where have incredible opportunity ahead- have only begun to scratch surface of what Square can do - A company you can feel good about- nice to see the product and positive impact it has on helping businesses grow

Cons

- High stakes of company can lead to higher stress for employees - Cash compensation lags and no bonus structure yet, but hope to see as company matures

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