Does PayPal pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, PayPal employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at PayPal. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at PayPal?

58% of PayPal employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated PayPal 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.5 for culture and values and 3.2 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at PayPal?

Software Engineer (667) , Senior Software Engineer (327) , Customer Service Representative (259) , Data Scientist (141) , Product Manager (138) , Manager (134) , Risk Analyst (124) , Software Engineer II (111) , Customer Solutions Agent (110) , Senior Product Manager (99) , Director (98) , MTS1 Software Engineer (92) , Senior Manager (87) , Software Engineer III (83) , Collections Specialist (79)

What are the pros of working at PayPal according to real employee reviews?

"The benefits are good and the work atmosphere was wonderful." ((in 933 reviews)); "peers were supportive and it was great to meet nice people" ((in 646 reviews)); "Not to mention it was good pay and everything was paid for by them" ((in 431 reviews)); "Good Salary and Perks" ((in 335 reviews)); "work culture is good and helpful" ((in 290 reviews))

What are the cons of working at PayPal according to real employee reviews?

"very frequent layoffs and reorgs" ((in 287 reviews)); "All the good things about the company can go for a toss if you are reporting to a bad manager." ((in 221 reviews)); "No job security and not growing since last 2 years" ((in 98 reviews)); "Middle and upper management are focused too much on marketing requests at the expense of development needs." ((in 65 reviews)); "Too much politics If you are not part for paltform then in Payments domains not much of technical learning but you will learn Payments business" ((in 62 reviews))

What are employees saying about PayPal layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about PayPal layoffs and their outlook for job security at PayPal in 2026.

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3.6

58% would recommend to a friend

(9,630 total reviews)

Enrique Lores

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43% positive business outlook

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PayPal has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 9,630 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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5.0

Nov 19, 2025

Awesome

Acounts manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

awesome people, leading products, great leadership team

Cons

food not very good and carpets aren’t great either.

4.0

Nov 19, 2025

Great Worklife

Senior mle

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great Worklife is there Up to date tech stack is present

Cons

Stock is falling continously and slower growth

4.0

Nov 19, 2025

Great Tech

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great Tech and learnings Great Staff and leaders

Cons

Things might be a little slow maybe it being a large fintech corp

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