Block Software Engineer reviews

3.4

43% would recommend to a friend

(253 total reviews)
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Jack Dorsey

26% approve of CEO

18% positive business outlook

Software Engineer employees have rated Block with 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 253 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Block is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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253 reviews
4.0
Jun 4, 2022

Great WLB

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Pros

Work-life balance is great - I've never been asked to work more than 40 hours in a week The workplace culture (within Cash App, at least) is very bottoms-up, which means that teams are empowered to form their roadmap and re-prioritize as necessary The company's mission of Economic Empowerment is a positive driving force

Cons

Compensation isn't the best in the industry, but the great WLB makes up for this in my opinion Bottoms-up culture can be a double-edged sword, since any initiative requiring multiple teams will require a slow process of getting buy-in from each team involved The company's narrative can be unconvincing at times, e.g. our mission is Economic Empowerment so we're going to push customers to "invest" in Bitcoin

2.0
May 11, 2022

Do not stay here

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Pros

Good work life balance Remote is nice People are friendly enough

Cons

No career growth Uncompetitive comp Stock price never goes up

5.0
Apr 16, 2022

The People Rock

Recommend
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Pros

Good salary Great people Awesome managers Great tools Good codebase

Cons

Not a fan of gmail No option for non-remote

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