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 (142) , 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 661 reviews)); "Not to mention it was good pay and everything was paid for by them" ((in 409 reviews)); "Good Salary and Perks" ((in 326 reviews)); "work culture is good and helpful" ((in 291 reviews))

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

"Frequent layoffs and reorgs" ((in 281 reviews)); "I had a bad manager that either wasnt able to support me or just didn't." ((in 229 reviews)); "No job security and not growing since last 2 years" ((in 108 reviews)); "Middle and upper management are focused too much on marketing requests at the expense of development needs." ((in 61 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 57 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

(9,632 total reviews)

Enrique Lores

44% approve of CEO

43% positive business outlook

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PayPal has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 9,632 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

Feb 5, 2014

awesome place to work

Member of technical staff i

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

great environment good culture pay package over and above expectations

Cons

More collaboration with cross functional teams

4.0

Feb 4, 2014

Nice environment

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

good colleagues good challenging work

Cons

process flow bad change it

2.0

Feb 3, 2014

Indian Company

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

good cafeterias, attractive work environment

Cons

If you are not Indian, do not work here. You will never be considered an equal.

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