PayPal reviews

3.6

58% would recommend to a friend

(9,632 total reviews)
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44% approve of CEO

43% positive business outlook

PayPal has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 9,632 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 Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

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2.0
Jan 6, 2021

Get in the clique

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Pros

The pay was pretty great for a starting developer. Also stock options.

Cons

Everything else was absolutely terrible. Cliques form and if your not in the clique then come "calibration" month, expect to be dinged for the most asinine things. Watched 2 people get fired because they were in the longue room and were 5 minutes late to a meeting... A meeting even the manager came in late to... cause he was in the lounge...and that's how he knew those two people were there. Yeah. The entire establishment is "rules for thee, not for me". Got out as soon as I saw what was going on to my coworkers and never looked back. Read up on stacked ranking and calibrations. PayPal VERY AGGRESSIVELY pits their own employees against each other and the managers sit back and joke about it. They think its funny and game.

3.0
Aug 8, 2020

Great Products but...

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Pros

Like Dan. Feel like he looks out for the world. Pay is decent until they chopped salaries.

Cons

Said no layoffs and after the strongest quarter ever, laying people off. Not supporting the heart and soul of the company.

4.0
Jun 23, 2020

Great WLB

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Pros

- Large scale systems. - Many opportunities to learn. - RSU refreshers - PayPal Stock is doing really good - 401k match - free money - ESOP - free money - WLB - This can be a great step in the career. I got a FAANG job offer only because I learned so much from this job.

Cons

- After a while, the awesome WLB gets boring. And then you realize that it is work that makes you happy and not idleness. - Less salary compared to FAANG companies - Mediocre managers and directors. - Some people are very old and don't understand the latest technologies. I feel these people have made PayPal their retirement home.

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