Does PayPal pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, PayPal employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at PayPal. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at PayPal?

58% of PayPal employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated PayPal 3.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.5 for culture and values and 3.2 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at PayPal?

Software Engineer (667) , Senior Software Engineer (327) , Customer Service Representative (259) , Data Scientist (141) , Product Manager (138) , Manager (134) , Risk Analyst (124) , Software Engineer II (111) , Customer Solutions Agent (110) , Senior Product Manager (99) , Director (98) , MTS1 Software Engineer (92) , Senior Manager (87) , Software Engineer III (83) , Collections Specialist (79)

What are the pros of working at PayPal according to real employee reviews?

"Good work life balance is good" ((in 1029 reviews)); "The benefits are good and the work atmosphere was wonderful." ((in 942 reviews)); "peers were supportive and it was great to meet nice people" ((in 645 reviews)); "Good pay and will get good exposure in working payment domain" ((in 416 reviews)); "Good salary and RSUs" ((in 323 reviews))

What are the cons of working at PayPal according to real employee reviews?

"Frequent layoffs and reorgs" ((in 274 reviews)); "I had a bad manager that either wasnt able to support me or just didn't." ((in 235 reviews)); "No job security and not growing since last 2 years" ((in 105 reviews)); "Middle and upper management are focused too much on marketing requests at the expense of development needs." ((in 63 reviews)); "Too much politics If you are not part for paltform then in Payments domains not much of technical learning but you will learn Payments business" ((in 60 reviews))

What are employees saying about PayPal layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about PayPal layoffs and their outlook for job security at PayPal in 2026.

What are the top reviewed PayPal locations?

São Paulo , Rio de Janeiro , Tocantins , Campinas

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3.6

58% would recommend to a friend

(9,621 total reviews)

Enrique Lores

47% approve of CEO

43% positive business outlook

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3.8

Diversity & inclusion

3.7

Compensation and benefits

3.6

Work/Life balance

3.5

Culture & values

3.2

Career opportunities

2.9

Senior management

PayPal has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 9,621 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The PayPal employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Tecnologia da informação industry (3.9 stars).

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10K reviews

2.0

Nov 30, 2011

This was the biggest career mistake I've ever made.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

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Pros

-Decent benefits and pay -Great product -Sound business model that is growing internationally -Good disaster recovery plan in the event of a tornado

Cons

-Very political environment. You must ingratiate yourself with your rater to get a decent rating on their outdated bell curve performance review model. -Replacement culture. They would hire people they don't know that well from the outside rather than develop the people already working there. -Human Resources is completely broken. Employee satisfaction is very low and HR is completely ineffective. -Overstaffed organization creates an organization that is complicated and inefficient.

2.0

Jul 8, 2025

Laid off out of no where

Business development representative (bdr)

Recommend

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Pros

Great benefits, average pay, good teamwork

Cons

They changed the comp plan 5 times in one year, making it harder and harder to actually earn anything each time. Which then makes it less motivating to even try.

1.0

Jun 11, 2025

Would not touch PayPal with a 39-and-a-half-foot pole

Senior account executive/account manager

Recommend

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Pros

PTO is unlimited, decent health benefits.

Cons

Too many to list! Terrible pay cuts to having an abysmal base salary, removed OT and made everyone salary. Toxic culture that preaches selfishness and creates a terrible environment. Leadership is softer than baby poop. They will not fight for the sales reps and continue to watch as the sales org crashes and burns. C-Suite that has massive pay bonuses and stock awards is making many of these cuts and changes without proper insight or understanding of the impact to reps.

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