Is Block a good company to work for?

Block has an overall rating of 3.3 out of 5, based on over 2,282 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 (82) , Customer Success Advocate (71) , 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 242 reviews)); "Great benefits and a lot of trust" ((in 227 reviews)); "Good work life balance and WFH option" ((in 139 reviews)); "Great teams of really talented people" ((in 65 reviews)); "Great coworkers and purpose driven work" ((in 60 reviews))

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

"poor leadership and lack of growth/development" ((in 113 reviews)); "constant layoffs (I'm one of nearly 4k people laid off in the latest round)" ((in 107 reviews)); "Bad management and leaders only care about what they like" ((in 72 reviews)); "Toxic managers in some teams." ((in 49 reviews)); "Upper management seems lovely and savvy but are tone deaf to the struggles (or just don’t care) and continue to make the role harder." ((in 14 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?

San Francisco , New York , Saint Louis , Atlanta , Seattle , Oakland , Scottsdale , Los Angeles , Portland , Phoenix , Chicago , Miami , Austin , Denver , Boston , Dallas , Philadelphia , Washington , Houston , Sacramento , California City , Irvine , San Diego , South San Francisco , San Jose , Orlando , Salt Lake City , Charlotte , Raleigh , Cincinnati

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3.3

44% would recommend to a friend

(2,127 total reviews)

Jack Dorsey

32% approve of CEO

26% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

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

Block has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 2,127 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

2.0

Jun 2, 2025

Managers from that one FAANG are taking over, so yeah

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Great WLB. - Good pay. - Good benefits. - Nice mission (if we actually paid attention to it).

Cons

- Company had a soul, it's lost now. - Reorg after reorg, but only in the lower levels. - As the title says, "leadership principled" managers are here now. Incompetent people that can't write a freaking test stay because they play the politics game. The more vocal, passionate engineers are rated below expectations because those FAANG managers have an ego. - Company moves like a handicapped turtle, so the competition is eating our lunch. - Sometimes the focus is music, sometimes the focus is crypto, and sometime it's AI. Square and Cash App lag behind while those other get sorted out.

3.0

Jun 2, 2025

Okay company but too many reorgs

Senior data engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

People and culture were good, decent work life balance, fully remote

Cons

Went through 4 or 5 reorgs and layoffs within a year of joining then was impacted during most recent round of mass layoffs. Not sure what the company vision is and it's really hard to focus when you're skip+ is changing every other month

3.0

Jun 1, 2025

Good Place to Work, Not a Great Fit

Operations manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good place to work. Competitive Salary and Benefits

Cons

Not a great fit for me with my manager. Company direction is questionable.

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