PayPal reviews

3.6

58% would recommend to a friend

(9,611 total reviews)
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Enrique Lores

49% approve of CEO

43% positive business outlook

PayPal has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 9,611 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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3.0
Apr 17, 2011

PayPal is a company struggling to become an adult.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Decent work-life balance Decent pay, benefits are not really competitive Fast-paced environment

Cons

Totally chaotic environment, growing but flying by seat of pants Management turnover is ridiculous Had 5 senior level managers in 15 months One gender seems to have the significant opportunities (and not the gender you would think) No loyalty to employees

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.

3.0
Apr 6, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

the company is growing and for financial services folks it is much better than being at a Visa etc

Cons

doesn't use the most current technologies (for engineers), not enough holistic vision woven into a synergystic approach to propel the company forward, turning into a more conservative, slower moving financial services entity (there's good and bad to this) but it is inevitable to continue to grow i guess

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