Internal hiring process makes Stalin look reasonable. - Compliance Analyst PayPal Employee Review

3.0
Sep 23, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

If you're looking to get hired easily and put a big company on your resume, look no further. They will pay for your school and even some professional certifications, no tenure required.

Cons

Don't expect much of any opportunity to handle larger responsibilities on a relatively short-term basis. In most places being able to showcase your talent will open doors for you and improve your CV when you look at advancing your career, but with PayPal you'll just get discouraged when you're slapped in the face with the fact that you need to spend another year or two on the incremental raise treadmill before you're given consideration. If you're looking for a quick resume booster, it's great. If you're looking to build a career, look elsewhere. Pay is substandard for most fields not handling calls. If you have 5 years to give and aren't concerned about the low pay, it's great - you can have PayPal reimburse a good chunk of your schooling and maybe a professional certification or two, then get your sabbatical (4 weeks paid leave, granted every 5 years of service) and jump ship. By the time you've been here for 5 years you've got enough experience to easily make 50% higher salary elsewhere. The lack of competitive pay is something brought up regularly in internal surveys but management insists the comprehensive picture is better, as though they expect anyone to believe a month of paid leave makes up for salary $20k/year below competitors.

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5.0
May 7, 2026
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Pros

Good work life balance. Lot of opportunities to learn

Cons

Company is in transition mode

2.0
Apr 13, 2026
Recommend
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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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