Square is a great workplace...unless you work in St. Louis - Anonymous employee Block Employee Review

2.0
11 Dec 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Great coworkers. Seems to really pull from some of the best talent from St. Louis. - Free continental breakfast and lunch. - Cool office environment.

Cons

- We make much less money for doing the same (if not better work) compared to our counterparts in San Francisco. A large portion of the STL office is African American and they are making considerably less money for doing the same job as white counterparts in other cities. Square is opening itself up for a lawsuit. - There isn't transparency with decision makings that effects the entire office. - While Square does office great benefits, they don't make up for the poor compensation. They just don't. - Management in St. Louis tries to put on a strong face, but they know morale is low across various teams. - There is no incentive to do well because most of the jobs in the office go nowhere slowly. - The St. Louis office just seems like an afterthought for good PR (both geographic and racial) and to cut operating costs. Its workers can tell.

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