Blockhead renames Square to Block.
otter@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
The articles keep going “CEO Dorsey says”, probably because no one knows what Block is.
On that note, what is Block? They own a bunch of small companies like Square and Cashapp? If so, does this apply to those employees?
reddig33@lemmy.world 7 months ago
flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz 7 months ago
They have 12.000 employees. Like yes they do have a couple of recognizable products - mostly Square and Tidal.
But still, 12.000 people is a lot. One more case of overhiring for imaginary growth.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Did Block acquire Square?
flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz 7 months ago
According to the wiki, they started it as their original product. And later acquired Tidal, and some other services I’m not that familiar with (Afterpay, Cashapp)
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 7 months ago
No, Block was square. It’s the first damn sentence.
Captainvaqina@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Afterpay is an installment payment plan for online purchases, cash app is a direct payment app like Venmo/Paypal, and Weebly is a website builder.
nick@midwest.social 7 months ago
No. Square was first, created cash (or cash app), and bought a bunch of other dumb shit. Eventually cash decided it wanted to be its own company and did their own shit, and jack allowed it because he’s a fucking idiot moron.
I worked there for a decade. Quit in 2020