PayPal reviews

3.6

58% would recommend to a friend

(9,613 total reviews)
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49% approve of CEO

43% positive business outlook

PayPal has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 9,613 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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1.0
Aug 1, 2016

Terrible Place to work

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Pros

Flex time and PTO, 401k and bebefits

Cons

Management is clueless about the departments they work in. High turnover. Constantly firing large groups and re-hire new ones. Management (Team Leads) constantly gossip and promote favorites with little experience and call it mentoring.

3.0
Jul 6, 2016

could be so much better than it is

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- free catered meals daily - gorgeous work space - weekly in-office happy hour

Cons

- stuffy environment - culture is confusing ... there are tons of former finance leaders who transitioned over to tech when they came to PayPal, but have brought old practices and outdated values with them - NO diversity - egos and entitlement are a major issue ... people don't give you the time of day unless they consider you to be important enough or you have a "respectable" title - constant org changes and managers who are looking out for themselves, not what's best for their teams

3.0
Jun 20, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Benefits start day one, bonus opportunity in many departments, good medical, employee stock purchase plan, growth depending on your department

Cons

Micromanagement has increased a ton unnecessarily. Coming from the department I was in where we were completely off the phones and strictly just did investigations, it was extremely hard to handle being micromanaged by other managers who come from call center enviornments because they didnt understand our flexibility. Aside from that it was just all over the place with how they wanted things done, and everyone had their own way of doing things and it was like pulling teeth to get a straight answer. Approximately 20 of us were hired on to help the department where they were struggling, and to make things better with compliance yet we were never listened to when trying to give ideas. A lot of us who were hired on have worked in banking compliance for years and we know the best ways to get the work done but it was really hard to get our ideas across because the company is very stuck in their ways of how they do things and it's like they did not want to budge at all. Their quality system for the compliance department will cause you to probably lose your job, its highly inconsistent. Just a warning to be careful!!! As a result of that they have lost a lot of people who have quit in fear of losing their jobs. The inconsistency of the compliance department is very scary. They say to use tour best judgement when writing sar reports then fail you if they dont agree with YOUR own investigation. The slightest error can result in a fail. No matter how many passing reviews you get, if you get 3 fails (no matter how minor) consecutively you go on corrective action. No financial institution operates like this. Paypal is a great company. The benefits are amazing. Most people who worked in the compliance department feel the same way I do. However, outside of that department i have heard much better.

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