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Dan Schulman
979 Ratings
Pros
"The company has some flexibility with scheduling which allows for a healthy work/life balance" (in 384 reviews)
"Good benefits including paid sabbatical every 5 years" (in 145 reviews)
Cons
"Work life balance can get out of whack" (in 120 reviews)
"Too many re-orgs, not competitive pay packages" (in 44 reviews)
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"Data Scientist"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at PayPal full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
Good Culture, Nice people, Career development, Work&Life Balance
Cons
Changes takes time and slow, Salary is not high
PayPal 2018-11-08 10:02 PST![PayPal Logo]()
"MTS 1, Software Engineer"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookNo opinion of CEOI have been working at PayPal full-time
Pros
Nice business domain and have awesome tech tools for a software engineer to work with.
Cons
Politics in every corner to get high visibility/appraisals.
PayPal 2018-11-07 16:37 PST![PayPal Logo]()
"Good compensation and work."
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOPros
Strong Vision, Work life balance
Cons
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PayPal 2018-10-31 14:14 PDT![PayPal Logo]()
"Great place to work"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at PayPal full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
Great CEO, mission, very smart people, work on global scale in something that makes a difference in peoples’ lives, all over the world.
Cons
Complex and can be hard to navigate and/or get promoted.
PayPal 2018-10-22 19:30 PDT![PayPal Logo]()
"excellent company to work for"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at PayPal full-time (More than 8 years)
Pros
customer champion, great company culture and business strategy, tons of interesting projects and innovations, good team collaboration and synergy, CEO Dan Schulman is such an inspiring and savvy leader.
Cons
can have some improvements on benefits
PayPal 2018-10-19 23:33 PDT![PayPal Logo]()
"Great company to work if you are a hard worker."
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RecommendsNo opinion of CEOI worked at PayPal full-time
Pros
Benefits, friendly environment, bonus and parties.
Cons
Work on weekends and management gives opportunities to people that don't deserve it.
PayPal 2018-10-16 23:56 PDTHelpful (1)
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"Relaxed environment with a good community"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at PayPal full-time (More than a year)
Pros
- Strong recent college grad community with frequent events like paint night, bowling, field day, etc..
- Lots of great perks with free gym classes, good health insurance, solid ESPP program
- Good work life balance with little to no deadlines and no work over the weekendsCons
- Management is slow moving and has political agendas to take credit for others work
- Engineering is disconnected from each other, a big company has problems knowledge sharing
- Lots of reorgs to redefine the team structure which causes setbacks and slowness
-PayPal 2018-10-09 17:45 PDTHelpful (1)
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"business analyst"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at PayPal full-time (More than a year)
Pros
good place to work but you must always document whatever you do because when any issue comes up, your director might behave as if hes not aware of it at all
Cons
office politics is quite high
PayPal 2018-10-10 14:35 PDTHelpful (1)
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"Such wasted potential"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at PayPal full-time
Pros
Great benefits, have the potential to change the world
Cons
The vision and culture that the executive team has does not trickle down. Leading by intimidation is the norm
PayPal 2018-10-23 08:57 PDT![PayPal Logo]()
"Release Manager"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at PayPal full-time
Pros
Great company with good opportunities and competitive compensation plan.
Cons
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Advice to Management
None
PayPal 2018-10-08 20:30 PDT
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