PayPal reviews

3.5

58% would recommend to a friend

(9,646 total reviews)
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Enrique Lores

43% approve of CEO

42% positive business outlook

PayPal has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 9,646 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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10K reviews
3.0
May 22, 2014
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Pros

Facilities Co Workers Community Events and Volunteering

Cons

Leadership not in touch with employees Employees are way under compensated Bottom line considered over employee satisfaction Attrition of good employees

1.0
May 22, 2014

A Revolving Door

Recommend
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Pros

Opportunity to interact with very talented and smart people such as ivy league graduates A job if you need to live in the bay area and have no other options Good cafeteria with diverse cuisines offered

Cons

Big company politics and policies without the security and stability of one - reorgs happen every 6 months and you may need a new role every so often just to hold on to your job Executive incentive structure encourages exploitation of the rank and file employees - the company artificially keeps attrition rates low by hiring individuals on visas that restrict their mobility to change employers Not your typical American company - this is a sweatshop that discourages ideas and innovation Not a trusting work environment - very unforgiving and harsh to newcomers if they fail to adjust quickly Constantly hiring - because they constantly fire employees who for no fault of their own are unhappy. Likes to save on severance costs by artificially creating reasons to fire employees. Management is a firm believer in getting "fresh new blood" all the time to do their bidding. What is worse is all the employees working in the firm are blinded and believe the management's opinion without questions. No one has the guts to be a whistle-blower. And if someone does - they get thrown out for asking too many questions. To survive in this company - blindly follow orders and do everything to please your bosses. Company has been firing employees for meeting it's growth targets - the company is growing phenomenally but because the investors demand even more, the management has accepted the recourse of reducing operating costs.

1.0
May 21, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Good location, nice campus and facility.

Cons

Too many meetings - almost 50% of the day time is spent in various meetings. Different vertical teams are hard to communicate and the communication can be quite inefficient. Politics are floating around everywhere. Lots of re-orgs. The space for career growth is not much.

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