PayPal reviews

3.6

58% would recommend to a friend

(9,604 total reviews)
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Enrique Lores

50% approve of CEO

43% positive business outlook

PayPal has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 9,604 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The PayPal employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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10K reviews
1.0
Oct 14, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- I learned a lot about web application programming. - The pay and benefits are pretty good.

Cons

1) PayPal's workforce is more than 70% Indian. Of course, this is not problem in itself. At PayPal, however, the Indians heavily favor their own. They get away with this because they control the place. As a result, if you're not Indian, you have no chance at a good rating or a promotion. If you *are* Indian, you have a cushy job for life. 2) PayPal stack ranks its entire workforce every 6 months. The result is intense competition among "teammates," with lots of backstabbing, politics, and court intrigue.

1.0
Mar 31, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Only good thing is compensation (Salary and Stock options)

Cons

I don't know where to start because I have a huge list, but let me put up something. 1. No innovation takes place in our company. We only copy what competitors are doing. 2. There is an org re-structure every two months. We don't allow out employees to settle down and focus on work. We want them to be worried about their jobs, so their productivity is low 3. We don't have work-life balance. We slog, slog, slog and then get laid off. 4. Our leaders lack transparency, leadership and compassion. They are robots who think the employees are emotionless machines. 5. If your tongue can do the talking, you can survive here. Knowledge, hardwork, attitude does not count. 6. Managers here are the worst species. Most have come from services companies and run this company as a service company. They treat us like slaves. I know of a director who used to prepare charts and paste them all over to walls when her bosses would visit Chennai to please them. 7. Managers are not bothered about our career progression. They are like leeches who suck our blood. And once they have sucked all the blood out, they leave us to fend off for our self or be laid off. 8. We do not get time or the opportunity to sharpen our skills. We need to do the work equivalent to two employees in the US. To summarize, PayPal is one of the worst companies to work for. Its not worth the compensation, at the cost of your health and well-being and wellness.

5.0
May 4, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Opportunities to learn lots of different technologies. In the time I was there, I worked on an application team, operations team, development team and a security team. It kept me interested as I maxed out my learnings at each assignment. The people are amazing. World class engineers everywhere. I really enjoyed working with some of the best in the industry. The leadership team really cares about the employees, they care about the customers. They truly value their people.

Cons

Promotions were difficult. Consistently rated in the top 2 tiers (when there were 5) and in or near the top tier (when it was reduced to 3). Just could never get that promotion. Was pacified with huge raises and bonuses, however.

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