PayPal reviews

3.6

58% would recommend to a friend

(9,621 total reviews)
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Enrique Lores

48% approve of CEO

43% positive business outlook

PayPal has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 9,621 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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2.0
Jan 4, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Outstanding coworkers and very good compensation.

Cons

I have been in Software for 15 years and have never met another company where they tell you NOT to learn new technologies. Their whole goal is instead have you devote your time to getting people in India to up to speed and to do the work for you. As a result of this, the opportunities and career path are very limited. Forget training. I did not experience this for the first few years when I joined - at that time it was a thriving environment, but this is what the company has become - and it shows as internal quality has gone down and we are not up on the newest/best technologies. Additionally, if you get a good manager, things can be ok, if not, your career will die. There seems to be no decent way of regulating this from the top. Lastly, promotions and career growth are non-existent if you are on the technology side. It is significantly better if you are on the business one.

4.0
Jan 2, 2013

Smart people in a big fast growing company.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Fantastic benefits and incredibly smart people. Some of the smartest people I have worked with in my career were at PayPal. Starting to become more of a marketing company and less of an engineering company which I think will only help growth.

Cons

Like any larger company it seems to be too heavily matrixed and there needs to be more communication between regions to take the company to the next level.

4.0
Jan 1, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-Friendly and supportive culture--not a dog eat dog environment -Great benefits and excellent eBay inc. stock program -High performers are recognized and rewarded -Current (though not past) management recognizes company challenges and has put bold plans in place to improve.

Cons

The company's core technology and development processes stunt innovation at the company. This makes product development progress incredibly slow and often unsatisfying to all who contribute. This has driven away many talented product managers and developers. eBay also has a penchant for constant reorganization. Every time a new senior leader comes in, a reorganization will be put in place. This flux causes churn and impedes both the company's and employees' goals.

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