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Block

Square + Cash App + Afterpay. Merchant + consumer fintech.

HQ San Francisco, USFounded 2009publicWebsite

On the watchlist — 3.6k employees.

Headcount

3.6k

0.0%

90d change

-2.7%

Funding events (90d)

2 all-time tracked

Layoff events (90d)

Signals

source: PDL v25

Inferred revenue

$1B-$10B

PDL estimate

Revenue / employee

$1.5M

midpoint ÷ headcount

12-month turnover

25.7%

high — churn risk

Average tenure

3.1 yrs

long — sticky culture

Time since last raise

10 mo

recent raise

Hiring flow · Block

source: PDL v25

Headcount by role

12-month growth · PDL v25

Engineering

1,273

-18%

Professional Service

415

-13%

Research

210

-11%

Fulfillment

208

-7%

Legal

180

-1%

Human Resources

150

-28%

Operations

148

-4%

Support

131

+7%

Other

560

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In the news

relevance ≥ 6 · last 180 days

DecryptHeadline2mo ago
Jack Dorsey's Block Discloses $2.2B Bitcoin Holdings in Q1 Proof-of-Reserves Report
Article is entirely about Block's Q1 Bitcoin holdings disclosure and proof-of-reserves report.

Events

Layoff · 7.52% (306 roles)

Departures in 2026-02: 356 vs 6-mo baseline of 50 (7.12× spike). Derived from PDL.

4mo ago

Funding · post ipo debt · $2.2B

10mo ago

Funding · post ipo debt · $2.0B

2y ago

Layoff · 4.27% (182 roles)

Departures in 2024-03: 250 vs 6-mo baseline of 68 (3.68× spike). Derived from PDL.