Block Employee Reviews
Out of 150 Block employee reviews, 82% were positive. The remaining 18% were constructive reviews with the goal of helping Block improve their work culture. The Engineering team, with 100% positive reviews, reports the best experience at Block compared to all other departments at the company. The Sales team offered the most constructive feedback, with 8% of that department's reviews constructive in nature.
Briefly describe your overall experience at your company
What do you like best about the leadership team?
Good communication and leadership towards junior
The executive team has the best interests of their sellers.
In the 3 years ive worked at square I have never had a bad lead
The leadership team never stops trying to help you grow and become a better version of yourself. They coach, lead, and lift you up. The entire leadership team takes time to get you prepared for your next role in the company.
Review from Sales Dept
They care about your work
What does the leadership team need to get better at?
The structure is highly hierarchical, creating barriers between leadership and employees. Moving toward a flatter, more collaborative structure could help empower people at all levels, improve trust, and encourage open, honest communication without fear of repercussions.
caring about everything, including product, customers, and employees.
simplify workflow, give more effective feedback
What is the best part about your compensation package?
There are free resources provided to each person and Block to help with legal issues, financial troubles, mental health matters and much more.
Review from Sales Dept
The benefits are amazing and fair
The pay & benefits are great
The benefits are the best part
The work life balance and salary
Why do you feel undervalued and what would make you feel better about your compensation?
It if were more in line with the national average
Stock is great but salaries are not competitive.
Significantly undervalued compared to the males on my team that do considerably LESS work than I do and drive zero value to the team/company.
What are some of the best things about your team?
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Every team has their own mini culture and comradery, which is amazing to see. Everyone works to be the best version of themselves to make an impact on the team as a whole.
Review from Sales Dept
We are all a diverse set of people
Everyone is very fun and easy to talk to
Very collaborative and helpful people
What do your coworkers need to improve and how could you work together better?
Leadership often takes so long to approve or release initiatives that by the time momentum builds, the work is shelved entirely. Moving toward a flatter, more collaborative structure could speed up execution, empower people at all levels, and encourage open, honest communication without fear of repe
People avoid collaboration and taking ownership of processes. Just get over yourselves and do the work. Build constructive processes/meetings that drive communication, value and progress.
What is most positive about the culture and environment at your company?
The culture within the sales department is amazing. While there is competition amongst each other, it's never in a negative way. Everyone wants to win and see each other win. When someone succeeds, it doesn't mean another person fails, we all get to win together.
Review from Sales Dept
Inclusiveness is a top priority
The majority of my co-workers are not only educated but very open minded and well versed in experiencing different cultures, viewpoints and ideologies.
Inclusion and diversity is better than I've ever seen at other companies
empowering small businesses and entrepreneurship
What needs to change to make the company culture better?
Feedback from managers is overwhelmingly negative, but framed as “coaching.” Processes are practically nonexistent. Everything is decided “collaboratively” and no one owns any decisions. Frequent finger-pointing, zero tolerance for error or creative problem-
What did you like most about the interview process?
Interview about past experience. They let you shine through your past work. Also they don't focus on artificial data structs and algorithms but on code structure, design, API, good practices.
Review from Engineering Dept
It was clear and relatable to the position
it was a simple process
Inclusive process and data driven decisions.
Feedback instant, quick to respond
What would you improve about your company's interview process?
Requiring more than three or four rounds of interviews is excessive.
What makes you most happy at work?
Interesting problems: I work on foundation / libraries / frameworks.
Review from Engineering Dept
The opportunity to work from everywhere and be able to do a job I like
I like to make a persons day by assisting them
My co-workers, my team, the office space and the activities that the company organizes for the team. I love it.
Getting paid. The rare occasion when someone sincerely says thank you or indicates that my work had meaning.
What's going wrong and how can it be improved?
Invest in better people/leadership/managers. Culture is toxic and morale is low.
What do you like best about your company?
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What would you most like to see improved at your company?
I'd love to see Block offer college reimbursement or aid. I'd also like to see more transparency when it comes to promotion cycles.
Review from Sales Dept