Not a bad place to be...if work/life balance is not important to you - Anonymous employee PayPal Employee Review

3.0
Mar 7, 2011
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- You get to work on cool stuff - Management training is good if you're selected to be part of it - Pay is good - Opportunities to work abroad with internal transfers

Cons

- This place gets more political by the minute...(yes, it IS possible). - Work/Life Balance is non existent. Yes, it's for you to define your boundaries and priorities, but the work environment makes this virtually impossible. Calls with India @ 11pm? check. Call with Europe at 6am the next morning? check. - It takes for ever to get stuff done. - Processes are in the way of innovation - Have they redesigned the xls spreadsheet for employee reviews yet?

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5.0
May 7, 2026
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Pros

Good work life balance. Lot of opportunities to learn

Cons

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2.0
Apr 13, 2026
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Pros

PayPal has a lot of potential. It has two very strong brands in PayPal and Venmo with significant awareness and user bases that other companies envy. There are pockets of teams that are really pushing the envelop to reimagine what PayPal and Venmo could be—especially the Venmo team—and to move with speed given the company must stay focused and not waste time with Apple Pay, Shop Pay, and so many other competitors nipping at PayPal's heels and aggressively taking market share.

Cons

While some teams are pushing to self-disrupt and are moving fast, too many teams—and I'd argue the majority of the company–are living off of PayPal's laurels from the late 2010s through the pandemic. The culture and mindset have to change for the company to remain competitive. Otherwise, they are the Titanic and they're sinking slowly. The former CEO who only last 2 years tried diversifying the company's revenue, planning for the future. But the board and its former chairman (now new CEO) felt he wasn't moving fast enough to stabilize and marketshare. Instead, the board hired the former chairman who made computers and printers at HP—another sinking ship—to lead the oldest fintech company. The loss of confidence in the leadership team and the strategy are only accelerating.

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