Blockchain Reviews

4.2

85% would recommend to a friend

(190 total reviews)
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Peter Smith

90% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

Blockchain has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 190 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Blockchain employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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190 reviews
1.0
5 Jun 2019

This place will inspire you!

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Amazing free lunches Great non-managerial colleagues Great user operations management team, in fact, that is the only department nice to work in. I wasn't so lucky. You will be inspired to start your own business - see cons for why

Cons

Work here long enough and you will soon start your own business, as you will never want to work for anyone else for the rest of your life. The worst employee turnover I have ever seen for such a small business. They employ around 150 people and lose an average of 2 a month, with some months going as high as 5 people exiting. There have been recent cases of employees leaving after 4 days of work and another left after 3 hours when they realised the toxicity of the place. Leave your autonomy at the door, you are just an employee and here to do as told. One of their mottos is "Be honest, humble, human". BUT executives ensure to keep you out of the business loop, and out of their way. You aren't really supposed to chat with any of them, they don't have time for you and honestly, who do you think you are trying to talk with them at all? Mind you they have the obligatory chat when you start and all is a bed of roses for the first few weeks. Once the honeymoon is over you are a noisy cog. A 50s style of management - they sell you a work-life balance when hiring you, and offer unlimited holidays, but really it is seldom anything like that. The most disorganised business management I have ever seen. It is not only the CEO who is terrible. This runs all around the top executive team, with maybe the exception of Nic Cary and the CFO. HR is always asking current employees to leave positive reviews to push down the honest ones :-(

2.0
22 May 2017

Avoid Operations

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great office, interesting team, fascinating product, great benefits package. All the perks you'd want from a start-up. Non-engineers can jumpstart a career here, but many make a run for the hills after a year.

Cons

1. Operations employees, whether based in New York or London, do not pan out for more six months - 1 year. CEO does not respect this department and although this is known throughout the company the attitude goes unchanged. 2. CEO throws tantrums and makes decisions based on fear and anger. VPs and department heads don't have the energy to confront him. 3. Massive period of internal growth in the last 6 months has lead nowhere. Lack of forward momentum largely due to incapable (weary?) managers. This is more evident in some departments than others.

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Blockchain Response
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Thank you for taking the time to leave a review and also for the more detailed feedback that you gave us at your exit interview. We are working now to address the areas of concern that you brought up and always welcome constructive feedback from our employees. Best wishes!
1.0
1 Mar 2019
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Pros

Free food 3 days a week and nice office in Aldgate.

Cons

Unexperienced CEO who doesn't trust anyone. Unrealistic deadlines Encouraging to work weekends and extra hours Bad engineering practices Most talented people leaving very quickly

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