Is PayPal a good company to work for as a Software Developer?

Software Developer professionals working at PayPal have rated their employer with 3.6 out of 5 stars in 635 Glassdoor reviews. This is a higher than average score with the overall rating of PayPal employees being 3.5 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Developer Jobs at PayPal now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Developer interview questions at PayPal .

Does PayPal pay Software Developer employees well?

Software Developer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at PayPal with 3.5 out of 5 stars based on 635 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 5.6% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Developer salaries at PayPal.

How happy are Software Developer professionals working at PayPal?

62% of Software Developer employees at PayPal would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has decreased by 9% in the past 12 months. Software Developer professionals have also rated PayPal with a 3.9 rating for work-life-balance, 3.8 rating for diversity and inclusion, 3.6 rating for culture and values and 3.3 rating for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at PayPal?

Software Engineer (669) , Senior Software Engineer (332) , Customer Service Representative (259) , Data Scientist (142) , Product Manager (138) , Manager (134) , Risk Analyst (124) , Software Engineer II (112) , Customer Solutions Agent (110) , Senior Product Manager (99) , Director (98) , MTS1 Software Engineer (93) , Senior Manager (87) , Software Engineer III (83) , Collections Specialist (79)

What are the pros of working at PayPal according to real employee reviews?

"The benefits are good and the work atmosphere was wonderful." ((in 920 reviews)); "peers were supportive and it was great to meet nice people" ((in 659 reviews)); "Not to mention it was good pay and everything was paid for by them" ((in 428 reviews)); "Good Salary and Perks" ((in 318 reviews)); "work culture is good and helpful" ((in 292 reviews))

What are the cons of working at PayPal according to real employee reviews?

"Frequent layoffs and reorgs" ((in 277 reviews)); "I had a bad manager that either wasnt able to support me or just didn't." ((in 229 reviews)); "No job security and not growing since last 2 years" ((in 105 reviews)); "Middle and upper management are focused too much on marketing requests at the expense of development needs." ((in 61 reviews)); "Too much politics If you are not part for paltform then in Payments domains not much of technical learning but you will learn Payments business" ((in 59 reviews))

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PayPal Software Developer reviews

3.6

62% would recommend to a friend

(635 total reviews)

Enrique Lores

26% approve of CEO

44% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Work/Life balance

3.8

Diversity & inclusion

3.6

Culture & values

3.5

Compensation and benefits

3.3

Career opportunities

3.1

Senior management

Software Developer employees have rated PayPal with 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 635 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer professionals have a good working experience there. PayPal is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

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635 reviews

3.0

Apr 24, 2011

Passed through bumpy ride of development, ridiculosis, rush environment

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good software development opportunity. Ability to lean new technologies. Frequent team outing and lunches Able to move to different team within organisation. Nice pay.

Cons

VERY VERY RUSH environment. Stages were broken and we were making stages work everyday to continue our work. Completely unmature development environment which needs to fix asap. Overall approach was to get work done in quantity and not quality. Some senior developers were behaving like they are managers and I had quite confusion who is my manager !!! One senor developer was shouting in the team meeting like we are working in some multi billion project in CIA !!!!

5.0

Mar 10, 2009

PayPal is the best place I have worked in my career.

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Talented people. Talented leadership. Business model that is exponential in it's potential for greater success.

Cons

Not as nimble or able to change as easily as it used to be. Lots of meetings.

3.0

Nov 29, 2008

great company, great product, just wish it were a lot better

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Money is decent, opportunities abundant, some very very good teams within the company. Given the deep recession we are in it is a decent place to work (it could be so much better though)

Cons

Some teams bad, use outdated techniques, infrastructure broken - right now a patchwork of bandages. unclear responsibilities and rewards. some teams frustratingly conservative. could be a lot better with better communication and recognition and clear incentives

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