PayPal reviews

3.6

58% would recommend to a friend

(9,609 total reviews)
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49% approve of CEO

43% positive business outlook

PayPal has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 9,609 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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1.0
Apr 15, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Currently: - Good Pay - Brand name in town - Nice campus - Friendly, polite and respectful people - Excellent written values and behavior - No parking issues - Supervisors are respectful regardless if is good or bad times - Relax dress code - Subsidized drinks. Pre Q2 of 2010: - All of the above + - Good opportunity for career advancement - Great corporate culture - Consistent changes that took into consideration the impact to production agents but without compromising the bottom line - Fast-paced but relaxed environment with fun challenges - Your individual skills were recognized and you were placed in positions that were more beneficial for the company and yourself - Consistent training to ensure quality - Approachable top management who you can see frequently and they understood the culture of the company. - Management made you feel valuable because they believe every individual has something to contribute - Management was straight forward and trustful. In short period of time you will see the action/result of what they said they were going to do.

Cons

Post Q2 2010 - Constructive criticism are heard but not welcome - When it comes to job performance expectations there is huge gap between hourly and salary employees and worst when salary sit near hourly and you are able to see when they engage in non work related activities. - Individual relevant skills are not longer taken into consideration when it comes to task assignment if you are a non-exempt - Management believes that phone calls is the ultimate solution - Company values and behaviors are fading - Top management give the sense that they are hiding something and using wording that sounds like something but gives them room to change it at the last moment. - No career growth in Omaha but in Chandler despite that management said otherwise. - Job becoming monotonous and degrading - Creative thinkers and big picture viewers could get in trouble. - A lot of politics and red tape when it comes to the creation and implementation of policies. The finish product is an out of touch policy.

5.0
Apr 11, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

- freedom to do what's right for the company - not worried about frivolous stuff like when you come in and when you leave - performers are recognized and rewarded - freedom to manage your work life balance - market defining company - great innovations

Cons

- chaotic at times - idea implementation structures are not very well developed and requires a lot of ownership to push things through

4.0
Apr 10, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

- Good, friendly colleagues - Projects are usually interesting - Pays reasonably well, compared to market. - Freedom to make tactical decisions

Cons

- Management positions can be very political. - Like most other places, Sr. level promotions are handed to either favorites or those who patiently wait for their "turn". You might ask, how about competency? Go figure:-) - Most Engineering Managers, Directors, and above, don't even understand the product they are managing. Don't look up to them for any technical guidance or even discuss some of the challenges. - Software Development environment would probably be one of the worst in the industry. - It's astonishing that the company of this size doesn't have good/mature process. Production roll out process is painfully bureaucratic and highly inefficient to say the least. They should seriously consider outsourcing the entire Release Management and Release Engineering. - Some teams have super easy life and some work under constant intense pressure. - Old timers are leaving company at a record rate. It's high time management should take action before it's too late.

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