Good W/L balance, but lack of direction - Senior Software Engineering Manager PayPal Employee Review

3.0
Aug 1, 2024
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Pros

PayPal had good diversity, a good team, easy people to work with, a friendly environment, good remote flexibility, and competitive pay scales. As a "diverse" person myself, I will say I felt very supported and accepted.

Cons

PayPal's internal technology has badly ossified and changing things is nearly impossible. Movement is slow and extremely non-agile. I was part of a team acquired in a merger with a startup. In that acquisition we went from fast exciting work with a clear direction to months and even years of stagnation with almost no progress on anything. PayPal clearly didn't know what to do with either our technology or our talent. Also, I hate to say it but management became much less product- and goal-driven, and much more political, nepotistic, and focussed entirely on short-term investment returns. Promotions and raises depended very heavily on who had personal relationships and past history with higher management. Layoffs, the same.

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5.0
May 15, 2026
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Pros

Good company to work for, good work life balance

Cons

They should have more developers than other titles.

2.0
Jul 7, 2026
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Pros

Great people but that may be team dependent.

Cons

Culture is very team dependent. Slow to build things but that's probably to downside to corporate... it all depends on the team that you're on

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