Managers from that one FAANG are taking over, so yeah - Software Engineer Block Employee Review

2.0
Jun 2, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Great WLB. - Good pay. - Good benefits. - Nice mission (if we actually paid attention to it).

Cons

- Company had a soul, it's lost now. - Reorg after reorg, but only in the lower levels. - As the title says, "leadership principled" managers are here now. Incompetent people that can't write a freaking test stay because they play the politics game. The more vocal, passionate engineers are rated below expectations because those FAANG managers have an ego. - Company moves like a handicapped turtle, so the competition is eating our lunch. - Sometimes the focus is music, sometimes the focus is crypto, and sometime it's AI. Square and Cash App lag behind while those other get sorted out.

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5.0
Jun 28, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Strong eng. culture, although that was partly in decline. Great coworkers.

Cons

Wants to feels like a startup, but functions like big corp.

5.0
Sep 26, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Lots of benefits. Gym, free food, showers, Close to transit Good food Good software practices Is this twenty words yet

Cons

I would say that there aren't any cons really. I'm just trying to fill this space with 20 words

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