Below Average company - Software Engineer PayPal Employee Review

2.0
Aug 3, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

1. Free cabs. Nothing else. nothing else. 5 words complete.

Cons

1. Bangalore facility & management team is the worst. The cafeteria vendor is completely waste & corrupt. Bangalore management does not take employee feedback seriously. 2. Food is bad & comparatively costly. I saw them reducing the quantity every day. 3. Work was ok. 4. Bangalore management is not aligned with 'Wellness' value of PayPal, people talk about it but no one cares about it. Food is the biggest proof of it. Unhealthy food served with pride. 5. Secluded office location. 6. Politics in team. 7. No free snacks, even they put only very limited quantity( around 20 pieces for 200 people ) banana, butter milk everyday, once finished, you can't get more. 8. Extreme level of cost cutting, cheapness around in the Bangalore office. 9. Overall, it's not a great company, just works like a bigger start up with extremely low quality engineering & management. Hiring bar is very low in almost all teams. 10. Bad behaviour of cafeteria staffs as if the food is free & you are on their mercy. 11. MANAGEMENT IGNORES EMPLOYEE FEEDBACK & CONSTANTLY LIES.

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2.0
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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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