Is PayPal a good company to work for as a Software Developer?

Software Developer professionals working at PayPal have rated their employer with 3.6 out of 5 stars in 635 Glassdoor reviews. This is a higher than average score with the overall rating of PayPal employees being 3.5 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Developer Jobs at PayPal now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Developer interview questions at PayPal .

Does PayPal pay Software Developer employees well?

Software Developer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at PayPal with 3.5 out of 5 stars based on 635 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 5.6% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Developer salaries at PayPal.

How happy are Software Developer professionals working at PayPal?

62% of Software Developer employees at PayPal would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has decreased by 9% in the past 12 months. Software Developer professionals have also rated PayPal with a 3.9 rating for work-life-balance, 3.8 rating for diversity and inclusion, 3.6 rating for culture and values and 3.3 rating for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at PayPal?

Software Engineer (669) , Senior Software Engineer (329) , 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 (93) , 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 922 reviews)); "peers were supportive and it was great to meet nice people" ((in 647 reviews)); "Not to mention it was good pay and everything was paid for by them" ((in 449 reviews)); "Good Salary and Perks" ((in 333 reviews)); "work culture is good and helpful" ((in 285 reviews))

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

"very frequent layoffs and reorgs" ((in 286 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 104 reviews)); "Middle and upper management are focused too much on marketing requests at the expense of development needs." ((in 63 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))

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PayPal Software Developer reviews

3.6

62% would recommend to a friend

(635 total reviews)

Enrique Lores

26% approve of CEO

44% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Work/Life balance

3.8

Diversity & inclusion

3.6

Culture & values

3.5

Compensation and benefits

3.3

Career opportunities

3.1

Senior management

Software Developer employees have rated PayPal with 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 635 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer professionals have a good working experience there. PayPal is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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635 reviews

3.0

Jul 23, 2016

Working As A Developer At PayPal

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Everything moves slowly so it's easy to meet expectations, hard to get fired.

Cons

Reviews and management incentives encourage politics and unhealthy competition.

PayPal Response

Thank you for taking the time to provide your feedback on your time at PayPal. I hope you have found a new job that is a better fit. We have many excellent engineers with long tenure at PayPal. Based on employee feedback we hear that the majority of our tech employees are highly engaged and take great pride in working at PayPal. We’re a company focused on living into our core values of collaboration, innovation, inclusion and wellness. We strive to keep politics out of our culture and continue to refine our performance management processes to help develop more skillful and productive employees.

2.0

Jul 14, 2016

Deceptive Payment

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Growing environment for fresh grads Freedom of work life Opportunity to vocate your ideas

Cons

They quote a made up CTC which would be twice your base salary and you wont know how they arrived at that amount, as end of the year what you get is much less. If you have a joining bonus component be very careful. They will take it back based on the service period condition on your offer letter. But never mention the amount they have taken back on any paper, not even From 16. Payroll team is extremely rude and harsh. They will not tell you till your last day how much money you have to pay back. And you have to pay then and there by cheque. Now, you keep mailing HR, they would not mention about this amount in your From 16 and you end up paying a huge tax amount (1/3 rd of the bonus). Nobody from HR, your director, manager would understand your argument and ask the payroll to correct the From 16. Complete harassment I would say.

5.0

Jun 8, 2016

Nice place to Work

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Good Work Culture - Structured company hierarchy - problems can be addressed to higher management easily

Cons

- Work in some teams is below standard compared to others

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