Block reviews

3.3

45% would recommend to a friend

(2,110 total reviews)
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Jack Dorsey

32% approve of CEO

26% positive business outlook

Block has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 2,110 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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3.0
Mar 18, 2026

Going downhill

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Pros

Most people I work with are wonderful: good collaboration, willing to spend time helping each other, and genuinely care about the mission of economic empowerment. Company has good compensation, especially for being remote friendly. They also nail being "remote first" in terms of how meetings are set up, async collaboration standards, regular team gatherings, etc.

Cons

Unfortunately the last couple years have featured big layoffs and aggressive performance management, which has heavily targeted ICs, while leaving top leadership untouched. Culture has gone downhill and is increasingly feeling political and toxic with teams fighting over scope. The company is going all in on AI - all engineers are expected to use the tools constantly and their AI token usage and PR counts are being tracked in dashboards. The most unfortunate part is that in the frenzy of chasing AI trends, leadership has completely lost touch with what customers and small business users want and need.

3.0
Mar 18, 2026

Stressful Culture with Unclear Direction

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Pros

Fully remote; strong adoption of AI across workflows

Cons

consistent workforce reductions, and unusual performance evaluation based on PR velocity

1.0
Mar 18, 2026
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Pros

Remote work, all the AI tokens you want to use

Cons

After the layoffs the engineers are on call every other week. No clear vision from leadership and constant reorgs and priority shifts

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