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    PayPal Reviews

    Updated July 26, 2017
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    PayPal President and CEO Dan Schulman
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    667 Ratings

    2,092 Employee Reviews

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    Pros

    • Great work life balance; great benefits (in 310 reviews)

    • A great stable company also with great benefits (in 119 reviews)

    Cons

    • Work life balance can be challenging (in 103 reviews)

    • No work which means if you stay here for long you can't find another job, re-orgs is the only work management has (in 42 reviews)

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    1. "Executive"

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      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in San Jose, CA
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in San Jose, CA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at PayPal full-time (More than 8 years)

      Pros

      inclusion , genuine people,

      Cons

      work life balance, companies we have purchased always think they are better then core Paypal but don't really add to the bottom line

      Advice to Management

      don't loose rack of profitability and buying companies which only generate top line without any profit. the street will look for more once

    2. "Good Benefits. Interesting work. Hard to Develop"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at PayPal full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Good Benefits. Work is Interesting. Mission is easy to rally behind.

      Cons

      Sometimes work/life balance isn't as balanced as it should be. Internal development and progress is difficult due to hierarchy and external recruitment being the focus.

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    3. "Overlooker"

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      Current Employee - Software Engineer in San Jose, CA
      Current Employee - Software Engineer in San Jose, CA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at PayPal (More than a year)

      Pros

      Good teams, good managers, good culture

      Cons

      Too many re-orgs, not competitive pay packages

    4. "Amazing place to work!"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at PayPal full-time

      Pros

      Great Company with visionary leadership. Open communication and shared goals. Team environment and flexible work arrangements.

      Cons

      Really cannot think of anything.

    5. Helpful (1)

      "Risk Analyst"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Timonium, MD
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Timonium, MD
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at PayPal full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Good Pay/Benefits compared to others in the region

      Cons

      Constant changes and re organizations

    6. Helpful (1)

      "Good overall package"

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      Former Employee - Software Engineering Director in San Jose, CA
      Former Employee - Software Engineering Director in San Jose, CA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at PayPal full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      Front seat in hot field FinTech
      Good overall benefit package
      Care about diversity

      Cons

      Big companies have more processes.

      Advice to Management

      People are less interested in politics, and let them stay out of it whenever possible

    7. "Compliance Team Leader"

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      Former Employee - Compliance Team Leader in Chandler, AZ
      Former Employee - Compliance Team Leader in Chandler, AZ
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I worked at PayPal full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Good benefits
      Relaxed working environment

      Cons

      Poor leadership
      Pay below industry standard
      Treated like a number

      Advice to Management

      Take some ownership and lead! By far the biggest opportunity for PayPal is their senior leadership. Pay analysts fairly and stop paying new hire significantly more than existing employees. 10-15k gaps between people performing the same role is the norm.

    8. "Great company if you get in with the right team"

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      Current Employee - Member of Technical Staff in San Jose, CA
      Current Employee - Member of Technical Staff in San Jose, CA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at PayPal full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      My group in PayPal is hands down the best people I have worked with over my career. They own problems, even if it may not be their responsibility, and just get things done.

      Cons

      Products don't always work well together, and lack of communication outside individual groups.

    9. "Software Engineer"

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      Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer in San Jose, CA
      Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer in San Jose, CA
      Recommends
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at PayPal full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Good open culture, Motivations to new ideas, best work-life balance

      Cons

      slow moving company, Need to hunt good teams to do good work, too much repetitive work across teams

    10. "Good Place to work"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at PayPal full-time

      Pros

      Great People to work with! Good Benefits

      Cons

      Dealing with customers on the phone

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