Not perfect, but they want you to think they are - Customer Service Representative PayPal Employee Review

3.0
Sep 15, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great Benefits Work From Home options

Cons

If you are customer facing (Business Support, Customer Support, Limitations, Debit Card, Disputes etc.), you will be miserable. The customers yell at you all day long. You never get support from management because they hop you around so many times. I was in that department for like 16 months and had SEVEN supervisors. There is no room for growth, you cannot work your way up. They will try to tell you that you can, but you can't. They will hire you for one department and then train you an 4 others. Your job will become harder, but you will not get a raise. There is not a moment in between calls. Back-to-back calls all day long of customers yelling at you.

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
Apr 13, 2026
Recommend
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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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