Is Block a good company to work for as a Software Developer?

Software Developer professionals working at Block have rated their employer with 3.4 out of 5 stars in 250 Glassdoor reviews. This is a higher than average score with the overall rating of Block employees being 3.3 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Developer Jobs at Block now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Developer interview questions at Block .

Does Block pay Software Developer employees well?

Software Developer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Block with 4.1 out of 5 stars based on 250 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 5% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Developer salaries at Block.

How happy are Software Developer professionals working at Block?

45% of Software Developer employees at Block would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has decreased by 21% in the past 12 months. Software Developer professionals have also rated Block with a 4.0 rating for work-life-balance, 4.0 rating for diversity and inclusion, 3.3 rating for culture and values and 3.3 rating for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Block?

Software Engineer (251) , Senior Software Engineer (93) , Account Executive (80) , Customer Success Advocate (71) , Product Manager (33) , Account Manager (32) , Data Scientist (29) , Program Manager (22) , Customer Service Representative (20) , Business Development Representative (BDR) (19) , Senior Account Executive (18) , Customer Support Representative (17) , Executive Assistant (17) , Project Manager (17) , Customer Success (16)

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 249 reviews)); "Great benefits and a fun atmosphere are an added plus too." ((in 233 reviews)); "Good work life balance and WFH option" ((in 141 reviews)); "Pay and RSU options really good." ((in 113 reviews)); "Great coworkers and purpose driven work" ((in 59 reviews))

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

"Frequent internal restructuring and layoffs (2023" ((in 103 reviews)); "Bad management and leaders only care about what they like" ((in 73 reviews)); "Toxic managers in some teams." ((in 46 reviews)); "low compensation and bonuses." ((in 22 reviews)); "Clear favoritism for certain projects and teams... valuable, mainstay products feel under" ((in 12 reviews))

Block Software Developer reviews

3.4

45% would recommend to a friend

(250 total reviews)

Jack Dorsey

22% approve of CEO

18% positive business outlook

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Software Developer employees have rated Block with 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 250 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer professionals have a good working experience there. Block is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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250 reviews

4.0

May 2, 2018

Solid company with some problems

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Excellent people, variety of projects, lots of growth and money, learning opportunities.

Cons

Most teams have a rotating 24-hour on-call duty, which I found intrusive: there were lots of pages that needed attention, and the primary and secondary rotations together lasted two weeks. A lot of the work was similar to Operations, so I found the problems I was solving were not interesting. Also, it turned out that my role involved a lot of cross-team politics. I did not find this out until I started the job and looked at the "eng levels" description.

5.0

Jan 10, 2018

Software Engineer

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Great company culture - strong engineering team with great practices - a well defined interview process - a well defined career ladder progression and process

Cons

- because of the way we're structured, some product initiatives between teams can be hindered - there are definitely individuals who play politics and will put one's own needs ahead of the company's those individuals get identified over time but definitely hurts in the short run - the company can be a little cheap financially (not as many perks as other tech companies) - not the most competitive compensation packages and definitely not enough refreshers

5.0

Oct 7, 2017

Good place to work at

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good place to work at Good environments and food

Cons

Lots of movements/reorg etc Bad refreshment/bonus Mediocre benefits

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