Exciting industry, Great Company, Awesome Team! - Human Resources Analyst PayPal Employee Review

5.0
Apr 5, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

PayPal over the years has been on a trajectory growth and in no better times than now to have visionary leader Dan Schulman lead an awesome team towards lots of untapped opportunities in the fintech space. This is definitely more significant post the spilt from eBay Inc where opportunities to partner and acquisitions of high potential companies helps PayPal The organization is definitely fast moving and in this organization, things move pretty fast. Keeping up to the pace and the changes can be both exciting and challenging. Great teamwork and sharing happening across the organization. Understanding the importance of keeping ourselves as one team, PayPal has a great work culture where sharing is very core and key to keep abreast of our fast changing environment, Keeping it real - management team never fails to keep it real for all our employees, not masking any bad news but for all of us to have the courage to face brutal facts and action on necessary to keep us in a good shape. Culture - Collaboration is key cornerstone to how we work together as a team , One Team! And we're constantly reminded of how vulnerable us as an organization can be if we don't continue to innovate and be at the forth front of offering the best to our customer with customer centricity at the core of our business.

Cons

No time to lament on missed boat/opportunities, thus it can be pretty much of a culture shock for those who are not used to the pace of this organization and the constant changes to meet the needs of our customers

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Pros

Work life balance and interesting merchants

Cons

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2.0
Apr 13, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

PayPal has a lot of potential. It has two very strong brands in PayPal and Venmo with significant awareness and user bases that other companies envy. There are pockets of teams that are really pushing the envelop to reimagine what PayPal and Venmo could be—especially the Venmo team—and to move with speed given the company must stay focused and not waste time with Apple Pay, Shop Pay, and so many other competitors nipping at PayPal's heels and aggressively taking market share.

Cons

While some teams are pushing to self-disrupt and are moving fast, too many teams—and I'd argue the majority of the company–are living off of PayPal's laurels from the late 2010s through the pandemic. The culture and mindset have to change for the company to remain competitive. Otherwise, they are the Titanic and they're sinking slowly. The former CEO who only last 2 years tried diversifying the company's revenue, planning for the future. But the board and its former chairman (now new CEO) felt he wasn't moving fast enough to stabilize and marketshare. Instead, the board hired the former chairman who made computers and printers at HP—another sinking ship—to lead the oldest fintech company. The loss of confidence in the leadership team and the strategy are only accelerating.

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