Overall very kind, smart people. Fully remote, but can go in the office whenever Jack Dorsey is paying attention again Not bad work life balance
Senior leadership is pretty chaotic at the moment with the recent reorg Unless you’re the #1 person on your squad/ team, it’s hard to get substantial raise with the current structure
There were layoffs this morning across all business units for Block/Square. Total numbers haven't been released yet, but it looks like a significant amount were impacted. Will update this thread as we know more. === Update: Severance seems to be minimum 16 weeks + 1 week for each year you've work...Read more
If you had similar offers from Square and Stripe, which one would you take? #square #stripe
Has anybody heard about Block/Square layoffs that happened today? My recruiter was just let go and I don’t know who to follow up with for my current application process.
Hi All - Friend just received an offer for Square/CashApp Lead role. Remote, Non technical role, L6, 10 YOE Base: 175K RSU: 175K (over 4 years) Sign On: $0 Is this a good offer? #offer #tech #Square #cashapp
How is this offer for an engineer with 10+ years of experience? Square Seattle for E6 Engineer: 160 base + 10 sign on + 300 RSU over 4 years
Square is laying off a group working on the Square App (Fraud). They are outsourcing to St. Louis bc they no longer want to pay decent wages to their bay area workers. Anyone hear about this?
I found out today that I’ll be receiving an offer from @Square! The offer is for an L6 product manager. I’m having issues figuring out what seniority that role is (previously Amazon L6, currently a director at Nike). Could someone at #Square help me figure out leveling for product? I’ve seen the eng...Read more
Hi, I have offer from both Roku and Square. Roku - Sr. SWE : 280K base + 200K RSU for 4 years + no bonus + 15% refresher but refreshers get vested after 4 year cliff Square - L5 : 180k base + 500k for 4 years + 20% refresher + 10k sign on + no performance bonus I want to evaluate the offer base o...Read more
At the end of last year, I had 2 offers Google L4 tc 300k Square senior tc 370k I chose Google and my friends called me stupid. Now from that point Google stock appreciated 50% and Square depreciated 40% making Google offer at 370k and Square at 290k. Even if people call you stupid, follow your ...Read more
I have a first round interview scheduled at Square. The position is for a SWE. The recruiter gave me 2 options to choose from: 1. Do two rounds of pair programming with a team member 2. Do a take home project Has anyone done a take home project for Square recently? I am trying to weigh my options b...Read more
How does IC6 at Square compare to the level at Meta ? Is it equivalent of E6 or is it more towards E5 ? What’s the TC at L6 ? Levels.fyi have very varying data. What’s the comp after the layoffs ? Also, How difficult is it to transition from IC to EM at Square ? Are they very supportive ? Blind T...Read more
Would love some insight on offers: Square L6 195K base / 740K RSU / 15k sign on FB: E5 185K base / 15% bonus / 500K RSU / 50K sign on Both are remote / Seattle. I expect FB to come back with a better offer but max is 200K / 15% / 700K RSU / 100K sign on YOE: 10 Wondering how you all value the d...Read more
How difficult is Square interview. i have heard it is different from other companies. Do they ask leetcode and do they ask system design. where would interview difficulty rank among Faang. Same difficulty as amazon or higher? TC 150k YOE: 1
I am interviewing for the L7 role at Square. Not tech. Finance role. I wonder what would be the offer that I need to expect. 14 YOE. I've heard from someone that the offer for him was as below at L7 Base: 230K RSU : 300K for four years (It seems low) Any advice will be really appreciated #square
Interviewing with Square, should I leave Microsoft and join Square? What would you do assuming TC at Square will be 20%+ higher? Current TC: ~350k #block #square #layoff
Looks like they are implementing pip’s to force people to leave. The last great wlb company falls. Here is the memo from the ceo. As I said in my note to Block, the growth of our company has far outpaced the growth of our business and revenue. It's not sustainable. And Square's number of people ha...Read more
Just got an ML Engineering offer from Square for ($CAD) 190K TC in Toronto as an L5 Seems a little low to me, given that Amazon gave a verbal offer for ~220K as just an SDE 2 with no ML knowledge required Does Square just pay poorly in Canada? I see their SF ranges are all around USD 320K+ for the ...Read more
I have job offers from Square and Twitter, both Product Manager roles in SF, roughly same TC. Purely based on company culture and impact, which offer should I take?