Block Reviews

Pros

Excellent Culture Great People Benefits

Cons

Needlessly hierarchical Sometimes disorganized Bitcoin evangelists

Pros

Great benefits and leadership. The work-life balance at Block is unlike anywhere else I've worked, and I don't know many outside of Block that have it as good as we do. There's opportunity everywhere in this company, if you want something, there's a good chance you can go for it. The yearly compensation and merit cycles are nice. The culture here is great. I've spent the last 6 years of my career here and I don't see myself going anywhere other than "up" in the company.

Cons

The culture here overall is great. However it can get too liberal sometimes, and that's coming from someone who is very liberal. I would like to see the company find a healthy balance of being able to express their thoughts and beliefs without the harsh judgement towards others who don't align. The biggest issue I have is there is a culture that's been created where management can be too soft and would rather sugar coat feedback and not take necessary steps towards helping employees do better. For example, an employee with a good heart can continue to do the wrong things leading to failed outcomes, or projects taking longer. And instead of management removing someone from a project, they just continuously have the same sugar coated conversations and nothing changes. Very frustrating. It's a pattern I've seen with many leads over time time here.

Pros

Mission, culture, benefits, work-life balance, unlimited PTO, meaningful work.

Cons

Pay could be more competitive. Internal mobility and level growth are difficult. Pay disparity in different geographic locations for same level is large.

Pros

The team is supportive and collaborative. The compensation and benefits are generally fair, though they do pay less for those located outside of SF/NY-type locations. The culture is very friendly to remote workers.

Cons

Engineering promotions can be difficult to obtain. In order to be promoted you are expected to work the next level for at least six months to be eligible, and then provide thorough documentation of what you've accomplished, which, depending on your team, may not fit the criteria for promotion, regardless of how well you perform in your role. Even if you are promoted, the process must be within a cycle that occurs twice per year, and can take months to complete, all the while you are ostensibly working above your current level. This effectively means you can be working at the next level for up to a full year before it's possible to see any increase in compensation for those efforts, and it's possible that you'll need to switch teams in order to fit the expected criteria.

Pros

Very helpful people, open to full-remote work, the company has the right size to find interesting stuff to work on while not being a wear-all-hats startup.

Cons

Pay has decreased substantially with stock price. Company is trying to tighten its budget to appease shareholders and that means more strict yearly reviewing. It's losing some talent to other companies.

Pros

Work from home perks and benefits

Cons

Work culture, work-life balance, leadership

Pros

Good growth opportunities Great WLB

Cons

Sometimes the pace of releasing thi gs can be slow.

Pros

Strong culture, great work-life balance, caring leadership, and opportunities for career growth

Cons

Compensation could be a little higher based on the market

Pros

Very transparent and great work cluture

Cons

Pay is not o.n par with peers

Pros

Culture is amazing. Leadership wants to help you and I really appreciate how they've navigated Covid-19.

Cons

There's none I can think of.