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      PayPal

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      PayPal reviews

      3.6

      58% would recommend to a friend

      (9,608 total reviews)
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      Enrique Lores

      50% approve of CEO

      43% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.8

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.7

      Compensation and benefits

      3.6

      Work/Life balance

      3.5

      Culture & values

      3.2

      Career opportunities

      2.9

      Senior management

      PayPal has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 9,608 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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      10K reviews
      4.0
      Oct 31, 2009

      Great culture, terrible process

      Senior web developer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Management cares about the people under them and the company cares about the people it hires. Work/life balance is supported, trust among peers is evident. Camaraderie, friendship, company culture make the days go by easy.

      Cons

      Legacy code-base makes innovation difficult. Projects have more overhead than production. Organization structure discourages teamwork. Very rare to work on a project your proud of.

      4.0
      Oct 31, 2009

      Good Business Model, Challenging (in a bad way) Technical Environment

      Staff software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The company is very successful, and as a result can afford to compensate employees very well. In San Jose, the amenities are also very nice (on site gym, nice cafeteria, and a lot of social activities during and after work hours), and employees are encouraged to take advantage of them. The talent level of the software team is very high. Working with team members and other teams is an enjoyable experience.

      Cons

      Unlike many internet companies PayPal is driven by a precise business model (payments) as opposed to technology. This has led to the company's success in becoming the dominant online payment system. The downside to this is that much of the technical decisions and execution were done in haste in order to bring features to market quickly. Also, the nature of payments requires a high degree of coupling between the various components. Because of this the code and systems put in place sometimes makes it a difficult environment to work in.

      3.0
      Oct 8, 2009

      One of the better places to work at

      Senior product manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good compensation, not many places in the bay area where there is payment innovation. Great product and have some of the best people i have worked with

      Cons

      a whole lot of politics at the senior management level that is really annoying, empire building at all levels, a complete mess at the upper mgmt level

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