Block Software Engineer reviews

3.4

45% would recommend to a friend

(252 total reviews)
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Jack Dorsey

22% approve of CEO

18% positive business outlook

Software Engineer employees have rated Block with 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 252 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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252 reviews
5.0
Jul 31, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

It's uplifting and delightful when small business owners write to us about how our software helped their business thrive by being efficient and making the right business decisions. Unlimited vacation is wonderful and opens up workplace dynamics you wouldn't see otherwise - wanna work from another city/country for a few weeks? Go right ahead, you could have taken it as vacation anyway. Need to help a friend move? Feeling tired? Take some time off. Food is phenomenal. Perks are great. The highlight is still the people.

Cons

Competition in the payments space is fierce and there are some serious 800-pound gorillas in the room (Amazon, Paypal, Apple, Google) - you don't get the comfortable security of knowing that massive network effects guarantee company success like you would at a place like Facebook, Twitter, Whatsapp, Uber, etc. There's a certain hit to morale seeing the explosive success of all these other companies while we slowly fight against the bureaucracy of governments, banks and financial systems, but I think we will outlive them all.

5.0
Jul 30, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The company grows very fast! And everyone grows with the company together. Engineers here are very talented, and people are collaborating a lot here, so I can always learn new stuff from my peers.

Cons

When a company grows really really fast, it's hard to manage the resources to make sure everyone is working on the most important thing. The company also needs to adjust the strategy, the organization to fit the changes of the market, etc.

4.0
May 12, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great infrastructure, small teams, very obvious goals.

Cons

Kind of weird, directionless management. Not a whole lot of heirarchy but it seems to be more than necessary/effectual.

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