Pros: Number 1: people, people, people. I've never worked with so many highly intelligent, friendly, curious, and intrinsically motivated people in my life. This, above all, makes going into Square every day exciting, fun, and rewarding. * Clear mission. It's even carved into a wall in our new office: "Make commerce easy." Everyone in the company, from engineering to finance to support, knows it, creating this really positive energy and spirit of teamwork like "we're all in this together." * High impact, meaningful work. On the micro scale, it's always so cool when you visit a business running on Square and see your product being used day-in, day-out. On the macro scale, metrics showing the huge number of businesses using Square every day always awe me. * Incredible learning opportunities. Every engineer is happy and willing to teach something new. I've learned an insane amount! * Transparency. Almost nothing is secret inside Square. All our metrics are available to all employees. Notes from every meeting are shared, including board meetings. New strategies and products are shown early and often. A huge amount of trust is placed in each of us to keep these secrets, but it's incredibly empowering and can even spark new ideas across the company. * Challenging the status quo. Square is growing and iterating extremely fast. Old processes are quickly questioned and replaced if they get in the way. Employees are encouraged to ask the senior staff anything they want during our weekly "Town Hall" on Fridays. * Tons of autonomy. Individually, employees have the latitude to work when they want, how they want. Some people get in past 11 am and stay later, while some work typical 9-5 hours. We have an unlimited vacation policy as well. Engineering teams also have a great deal of autonomy. Each team has full-stack engineers, designers, and product people so they can design, build, and ship their own product. * Work/Life balance. I usually work around 45 hours a week and am always home for dinner. One engineer even took a whole month's vacation recently. There are some who still work insane hours, but managers are actively discouraging it. * Amazing office & perks. I love having our office downtown instead of traveling far away to some cordoned-off campus. It feels like we're really a part of the city. Our restaurant in the building provides us with amazing food, but lots of food trucks and local restaurants are within blocks. * Hack Week. Four times a year, the entire company takes the whole week to work on something different. This isn't just for engineers; everyone participates. It brings in a lot of creative energy and has even been the birthplace of some of our products.

Cons: Nothing major. Most of the cons people have written about have been addressed in the last year or so. I have no plans to leave anytime soon! :)

Pros: Mission-driven. Good people. Good work/life balance.

Cons: Not enough focus on building new products and expanding internationally.

Pros: This stuff matters: Square is working to make it easier for small, indie coffee shops to exist and thrive. If you want to work on stuff that matters in a real way to real people, Square will certainly give you that. Shared mission: We're working hard to make commerce easy, and everybody in the company feels this in their work. Fantastic leadership: The senior leadership here at Square is extraordinary. They keep us looking forward while empowering people to stand up and make big decisions that affect the future of the company. No ceiling: Your growth at Square is only limited by your own ambition. It's easy to move around the company and make an impact in whatever way you are able. Great office space: I'm a sucker for good design, and this office exemplifies that. This place embodies the agile work methodology, allowing you to easily collaborate when you need to, while giving you plenty of quiet spots to get some heads-down work done. Transparency: Any young entrepreneur should be chomping at the bit to work here. The opportunity to get an inside look at all of the financials and strategic decision-making at a company of this size cannot be overstated.

Cons: - Maintaining a good work-life balance is on you. There will never be a shortage of work, but there is definitely a culture of reasonable individual expectations. - Compensation is just a touch below market, but I feel this gap is more than adequately addressed via the equity that is offered.