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- Working at Square Do you like it there - comp, culture, growth, projects? Based on what I’ve seen on Blind, the comp isn’t high or low, the culture isn’t good or bad, the potential for growth is still there despite its stock performing well. Also heard that the average age is slightly older and culture is more matur
- WLB at Square? How is WLB at Square?
- What’s it like working at Square for non-crypto enthusiasts? If I think crypto is a giant scam and speculative bubble, would it be terrible working at Square? How goofy - or disconnected - is the CEO in real life? Feels like there should still be a lot of interesting financial projects to work on, like Cash.app, but wondering how tainted they are by a Blockc
- Remote work at Square Saw the news that square has a really generous remote working policy. Does anybody know if the TC is affected by the country? Are people free to choose the country? For example, would people be able to work from China without access restrictions? #square #wfh #remote #chinese #remotework
- How good is wlb at Square How’s wlb at square? How many hours does one work as a SWE? Is there any pip or anything like that? Tc: 240k Yoe: 3
- anyone who works at square? Help I recently had a technical phone scan interview with square. The coding question was to manipulate a string and return in a required format. I had asked clarification and asked about constrains and made sure that I didn’t assume anything before coding. I had even talk though my thought process and
- Questions about remote work at Square I got an offer as a senior SWE, remote team. 1. Could I move to Dublin? How about Toronto? 2. How would my pay be scaled if I move?
- What’s the in office / work from home policy at Square Looking for wfh policy info at Block and Square specifically?
- What's the work life balance like at Square? I'm going to start there soon and keep getting messages from the recruiter after working hours. It has me a bit worried.
- What is it like working at Square? General Qs Starting in the Seattle area soon. Have some Qs for Square Employees Is the office open? Do people frequent there? Any cool perks? Unlimited PTO is neat but worried that means no one uses it Any free food or snacks in office? Recommendations for first 30-60-90 plans for onboarding? Any wfh stip
- I work at Kendall Square, Cambridge. Where should I live? Trying to find accommodation near Cambridge for 1 person. It has been a nightmare. Studios and 1 bed rooms are too expensive, or too far (more than 45 mins commute time during rush hour). Don't want to share bathroom with 2/3 other people like college times. What do you guys suggest? What is a good
- How is the WLB and culture at Square? Title says it all.
- After how long of working at Square as a SWE can you switch teams? Have no intention of switching at the earliest opportunity but i think i was told at one point you have to wait 9 months and just wanted to confirm that. TC: 0/unemployed
- vote M1 offers: Facebook vs Uber vs Square Have 3 offers Facebook M1(E6): $250k/$1.55mil/$100k (20% cash bonus) Uber EM2(L5b): $245k/$1.6mil/$80k (17.5% cash bonus) Square M2: $320k/$1.8mil/$30k (no cash bonus) From pure TC play Square wins. For first and second year TC Uber wins. For best refreshers I think Facebook wins at $275k. Team w
- Team match at Square - what can a candidate do to help make it happen (faster) Hi folks, lately passed the technical part of the interviews at Square. However, need to match with a team first before hiring bar. My recruiter is doing all the work so far. Could anybody explain how does the team match process works at Square? Is there anything a candidate do on their side, alon
- vote Did I make a mistake rejecting Google? My Square offer was 100k over Google’s offer on avg over 4 years. But now as things are, my Square TC is down and Google TC is up; to the point that they both are the same. Did I make a mistake turning down Google? Edit: For reference, G L5 and SQ L6 Current TC is after the share price drop. I thin
- Square L4 bands? Have an offer for Meta E4, however I do want to work at square more than Meta, but I have some doubts that square will match Meta (or you know get even close). Can anyone tell me about the bands for square? TC: 250k, maybe 300-330k with meta depending on refreshers #square
- Square morale How’s the morale over at square/block/cash app? Square used to be a rocket ship and was known for amazing work culture and wlb Has anything changed? Is it a good time to join?
- vote Meta vs Square MLE I have Meta E4 and Square L6 MLE offers. TC is greater at Square but may not be significantly higher considering sign-on and refreshers. I heard WLB is also better at Square. Only concern is MLE at Square seems more like DS (based on the ladder and people's background) whereas MLE at Meta looks like
- Looking for referrals NYC/Remote Hey guys, Looking for referrals for NYC/Remote companies. I been studying for a couple months. Think I'm somewhat ready , figured with all the hiring freezes happening I should just try again now. Would appreciate any referrals! Thanks in advance. TC: 220K, YOE: 5. Not at JPM - currently at what
- Thought square pays well but I was wrong 😑 Was trying to get a call back from square for couple of interesting positions I applied. After recruiter call, I got to know that pay range is depressingly low. Anyway can I ask them to match up my current TC + x% extra? Does square have that flexibility to go above the band? I like the Square c
- Thoughts on Square? Curious on how people working at Square think the company is doing and whether they enjoy working there? In particular, is there still a lot of potential for Square to innovate? Create new streams of revenue? Separately, how is leadership? Promotions? Culture? I only ask this as a few people I k
- vote Square (L5) vs Affirm (L6) offer AFAF Square (L5): $185k base, $520k over 4 years, $0 target bonus, $35k sign-on TC: $350k first year, $315k next 3 years Refreshers: from what I see on Blind, 20%-25% of initial grant over 4 years? Affirm (Senior, L6): $180k base, 2 grants ($240k/3 years, $150k/2 years), $0 target bonus, $20k sig
- Chime, NextDoor, Databricks, Stripe, Square and Plaid referral needed for a SWE role Hello blinders, I am looking out for a referral at Chime, NextDoor, Databricks, Stripe, Square and Plaid. I have >7 years of experience working on backed systems. TC: peanuts currently. #stripe #chime #square
- Cash App Culture How’s the culture at Cash App? Is it similar to square? Or is it more intense since it’s more like a startup within the company? Curious if there’s a huge focus on deadlines, launch dates, etc or if leadership is pretty good with that. Also curious about WLB at cash app vs Square. Any insights woul
- Is Square really that nice? Square is rated pretty high on blind in terms of everything - culture, pride, wlb, comp etc. I have a phone screen coming up there so I was wondering... Is it really that nice to work at Square? Or is the sample distribution skewed? Would love to hear from Square engineers
- vote Amazon L7 or FB L6 or Square L7? Negotiations done, Offer details: Square L7 = FB L6 ~= 650 Amazon L7 ~= 575 Square and Amazon are M2 Jobs, FB is M1. Tending towards Square, reasons: great manager based upon couple of interactions, exciting role, always had a thing to work in FinTech space. Research says that FB over time will be
- Square full remote policy Curious about remote work policies at square. What % of employees will be allowed to fully work remotely when things open up? How long is current remote work in place for most teams? #remotework #wfh #square
- Square Offer - L6 It sounds like my onsite loop went very well and I received offer details from my recruiter today. Salary: $225k RSUs: $275k/year ($1.1M total) Sign-on bonus: $20k TC: $500k This is for an L6 SWE position; I'm in a tier-1 city but will be working remotely. How excited should I be? This is a >5
- Dear Elon Dear Elon, Why did you do this to us? Jeff bought the Washington Post and now you? You and your billionaire friends have had our politicians by the balls. Why do you have to grab us by the neck? Elon, you said Twitter is a town square. Then why do you make it private? What is a private town square
- vote Snap vs Square vs TikTok Currently at TikTok (TC: 250k) as SWE with 3 YOE, received offers from both Snap and Square around the same TC (Snap at 305k, Square at 300k). What direction should I go? I’m really wanting to work for a company that has a good WLB, good benefits, and good engineering culture, but also has good lon
- Square ML/AI experience? Hi Can anyone share their experience working in AIML at square? Don’t know much about square and came across role that looks very interesting.
- Fintech hiring slowing down? Are any of you working at fintech noticing a slow down in hiring for engineers? Less offers being put out, bar raising, less interviews on your schedule than normal, or anything like that? TC $220k #square #stripe #paypal #affirm #brex #coinbase #robinhood #chime #plaid
- Square What part of its business is making its stock price blow up? Anyone working at Square can confirm? Also, are you in hiring freeze irrespective? Thanks #investments #Square #Stocks
- Q for Square peeps whats it like to work at Square? Culture, cash, company outlook?
- Square ML Modeler Interview I'm interviewing at Square for the role of ML Modeler. The recruiter said the first interview will be a pair-programming session on coderpad. They just said that if I write production-level code daily, I should be good for the phone screen. Can someone who works at Square comment on how to prepare
- vote I have three SDEII offers - should I choose Facebook, Twitter or Square? I have no numbers yet I’m sorry. All verbal offers Current TC: $193k, SDE1 at Amazon My main concern is WLB at facebook, my WLB at Amazon is pretty bad right now. Twitter and Square seem amazing in comparison I think Facebook will beat twitter comp and square comp (kinda obvious). I’ll be full r
- Stay at FB or Square offer E6 at FB, offered L6 at Square, 7 yoe. Equally exciting work as an IC software engineer. FB: 220k/1.5 mil Unvested over next 4 years Square: 200k/700k over 4 years A good portion of FB RSU vest by Feb2021 (450,000) H1B India, GC Priority Date 5/2016 EB3. Obviously comp at FB is way higher, but
- Why does Square pay so low (relatively) I’ve worked at square in the past and would love to consider joining again, but the pay is so low relative to other big tech (at low levels like I am anyway, not sure about higher levels). Why is this the case? It’s so sad, I love the culture but with significantly lower pay, especially pay in Canad
- Been doing this a long time, AMA I've been an engineer for about 25 years, worked at a couple FAANGMULA companies, been a manager, IC, and TLM, been through a couple IPOs, a couple layoffs, a couple firings. Currently L7 (Staff) at Square. What do you want to know?
- vote Offers from Square & Robinhood Hey all, asking for a friend with 3YOE. He has an offer from Square and RH: Square L4: 240k TC RH L2: 300k (base = 170k, rest= paper) Please help evaluate in WLB, growth, and money. Personally Id love for him to join me at Square but I want to get the communitys take!
- Any Square employee here? How does referrals at square work? If any square employee extends referral, do you get referred for a specific position or is it a general referral extended?
- vote Twitter vs Square vs Snap - which one is better and why? Teams are good at all companies and pay might be equivalent too. I am finding it difficult to pick. Twitter: Best WLB. Great brand recognition. Square: Okay WLB. Future looks promising, but there's a small possibility that Snap can generate better returns. Darling of Blind. Snap: Okay WLB.
- Machine Learning Modeler Does anyone here work as a Machine Learning Modeler at Square? What does the final interview process look like for a ML Modeler, and how different is this role versus a MLE?
- Square VS PayPal My going to a fraud job at @square I currently work at @PayPal. I wanted to get an idea of what the benefits are and what the atmosphere/ wlb is. Thoughts? Thanks all!
- Square product analyst / data science Anyone know the pay scale / tc of a product analyst at square? How does the role compare to the ds roles at square in terms of compensation and the type of work?
- link Square buying Bitcoin Anyone work at other companies considering doing the same? https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/08/square-buys-50-million-in-bitcoin-says-cryptocurrency-aligns-with-companys-purpose.html #corpfinance #finance #bitcoin
- Square Equipment I’m about to start working at Square as a DE, what type of monitor and equipment do they give you?
- Square referral:)? Looking for a PM referral to Square. I have 4 years of experience in Product at Microsoft working on UX features. Thanks in advance! #referral #product #pm #square
- Square Onsite System Design I have an onsite next week at Square, and the recruiter gave me an actual question for the system design interview. It’s a pretty common question that you can find online, so I’m bit confused on what they are exactly looking for in this interview. Anyone working at Square- what does Square expect f