Square Reviews

Pros

Excellent place to work in

Cons

nothing to tell in this subject

Pros

feeding you well and pay for gym membership

Cons

poor work life balance in long term

Pros

Great company with some fun perks, and a very good social mission.

Cons

Depending on your team, opportunities for advancement are minimal and the work might not be as interesting.

Pros

Nice team and good management. Great place to learn new technology.

Cons

Can be faster in decision making.

Pros

Great brand equity in tech and also financial services. Some really nice people but nobody stays long. Very high quality work is produced by this company. Design is always paramount and on point. Awesome coffee.

Cons

Business practices: Square leverages its name to their advantage and to the disadvantage of everyone else. This is manifested in poor compensation for all people outside of engineering and getting out of paying for recruiting and / or sponsorship privileges for their brand. Contractors are treated as second class citizens and must be willing to work for very little pay. Full time roles are advertised as available... but I know for a fact there was never headcount to begin with. All this makes the company seem disingenuous as they are constantly trying to convince people that they're the "good guys" in merchant services. Business health: Cost cutting is apparent throughout the organization (not that this is a bad management style, but it seems to be a signal something more). Sometimes it feels like some people are shoving the proverbial company "kool-aid" down people's throats; I think anyone with a discerning eye knows what's going on. Working environment: The company is large now so there is a lot of red tape and channel conflict. Be prepared to manoeuvre a highly political environment. Your experience largely depends on your team and manager (like every other corporate) and culture is obviously much less cohesive than at smaller companies. Tricky thing is even if you get onto a great team, I guarantee that team will not stay that way long. Churn is very high at this company (for many reasons) so don't count on anyone sticking around for very long. 4 months in and you're considered a veteran! Most people come in and realize it's only a stepping stone. There are lots of intelligent people here; most are not humble. There are also lots of ambitious people here but they're more likely to push you down than help you up. Expect to work long and hard hours. Don't expect to make friends.

Advice to Management

Train people managers. I was witness to some serious HR infractions carried out by managers who just didn't know better.

Pros

Great benefits, cool offices, fast pace, interesting work

Cons

I don't have any cons to share

Pros

Benefits are great as well as the culture

Cons

phones and schedule as well as work life balance

Advice to Management

n/A

Pros

Square has a great company culture - they really believe in creating a comfortable environment for their employees to thrive in. Great perks!

Cons

Pay is extremely low for industry standard

Advice to Management

You have to pay for talent!