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      3.3

      45% would recommend to a friend

      (2,115 total reviews)
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      Jack Dorsey

      32% approve of CEO

      26% positive business outlook

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      Block has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 2,115 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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      4.0
      Jan 19, 2017

      Great potential but growing too fast

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      - Great people and product! - Free Breakfast and Cheap Lunch - Flexible work hours and balanced life style - Sarah and Jack are truly inspiring leaders!

      Cons

      - Extremely high turnover primarily due to lack of internal growth. - As a young company that went IPO, a lot of managers never worked for a public company before, there is a lot of teaching your managers what it means to be public.

      5.0
      Jan 18, 2017

      Great company to grow at!

      Business operations manager
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      Pros

      Square is an amazing place to learn and grow. The speed of change sparks affords new opportunities on a very regular basis. Even as the company has grown and gone public, the culture is still very horizontal and executives and higher level managers are still very approachable and open to new ideas. Perks are great - flexible vacation policy, good food in the office, plenty of snacks, coffee bar, and a beautiful office. The CEO has strong morale convictions and this clearly guides his leadership. It's very refreshing to have someone this authentic heading the company who speaks their actual opinion about social issues. Even when I don't agree with him, it's nice to know it's actually his opinion (opposed to something his legal team drafted up).

      Cons

      A lot of these issues have been fixed, but due to the rapid growth there are still some systems issues and managers that are in over their heads. Most of these Managers have been replaced (or moved to a more appropriate level), but some remain in higher level positions who lack the necessary experience in critical areas which is still causing some pain. The HR team is understaffed so they are not in a position to offer much support, but this is currently being addressed. The CEO's political beliefs create a somewhat insular environment, though I'm sure most tech companies are like this. It would be a challenging place for someone with conservative political views to work at.

      4.0
      Jan 17, 2017

      Great engineers, like family, and growing.

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      This review is focused primarily on the ATL office. I'm one of a handful of engineers that left Google together over four years ago to create a new office in ATL for Square. We've strived hard to maintain the same close-knit environment we started with, even as we've delivered many major contributions, grown 5x, and added several more teams. - Our compensation is competitive. - We have many smart engineers, ranging from PhDs in CS to pedigrees at Amazon and Google. - We have a friendly, collaborative atmosphere. - Square continues to retain its startup feel, and it's much easier to have an outsized impact compared to larger companies like Google. Don't be fooled by my four star ratings. I almost never rate anything perfect.

      Cons

      Square continues to grow, which is awesome, but it means there are growing pains. For example, some time ago, the company revamped its engineering ladder to be more consistent and prescriptive about career paths. This is good, but even good changes cause some amount of temporary pain.

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