Mixed Bag - Anonymous employee PayPal Employee Review

3.0
May 2, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Excellent benefits and work/life balance. 10 paid holidays, lots of time off and they now offer sick time which is new. Great benefits for new parents. Depending on the location there is opportunity for growth. Progressive minded company. There is a lot of potential for growth for PayPal. Good entry level compensation.

Cons

Your mileage may vary here. PayPal is generally behind when it comes to innovation in the payments space. If feels like we are always a step behind and when a product is launched it lacks key features. Constant micro management and lack of competent leadership in the middle of the organization is chasing out the talent. Compensation does not scale with experience and most people find out they are worth more on the external job market and leave. The culture and values are great, just not really embraced by mid level leadership.

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PayPal Response
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Thank you for taking the time to highlight some of what makes PayPal a great place to work – our commitment to work/life balance, opportunities for personal and professional growth, and our progressive culture and values. Likewise, thank you for pointing-out areas for us to be better. As we prepare to celebrate our one-year anniversary as an independent company, we are continuing to refine our unique identity. We are actively revising and updating our People Manager / Team Leader expectations to align more fully with our cultural pillars of inclusion, wellness, innovation, and collaboration. We’ve modified our Performance Management policies and practices and more changes are coming in 2017 and beyond. We’re learning; and we look forward to hearing from all employees via our Employee Engagement Survey and keeping PayPal great. Thanks again.

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