PayPal reviews

3.6

58% would recommend to a friend

(9,624 total reviews)
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47% approve of CEO

43% positive business outlook

PayPal has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 9,624 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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3.0
Jul 6, 2016

could be so much better than it is

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- free catered meals daily - gorgeous work space - weekly in-office happy hour

Cons

- stuffy environment - culture is confusing ... there are tons of former finance leaders who transitioned over to tech when they came to PayPal, but have brought old practices and outdated values with them - NO diversity - egos and entitlement are a major issue ... people don't give you the time of day unless they consider you to be important enough or you have a "respectable" title - constant org changes and managers who are looking out for themselves, not what's best for their teams

3.0
Jun 20, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Benefits start day one, bonus opportunity in many departments, good medical, employee stock purchase plan, growth depending on your department

Cons

Micromanagement has increased a ton unnecessarily. Coming from the department I was in where we were completely off the phones and strictly just did investigations, it was extremely hard to handle being micromanaged by other managers who come from call center enviornments because they didnt understand our flexibility. Aside from that it was just all over the place with how they wanted things done, and everyone had their own way of doing things and it was like pulling teeth to get a straight answer. Approximately 20 of us were hired on to help the department where they were struggling, and to make things better with compliance yet we were never listened to when trying to give ideas. A lot of us who were hired on have worked in banking compliance for years and we know the best ways to get the work done but it was really hard to get our ideas across because the company is very stuck in their ways of how they do things and it's like they did not want to budge at all. Their quality system for the compliance department will cause you to probably lose your job, its highly inconsistent. Just a warning to be careful!!! As a result of that they have lost a lot of people who have quit in fear of losing their jobs. The inconsistency of the compliance department is very scary. They say to use tour best judgement when writing sar reports then fail you if they dont agree with YOUR own investigation. The slightest error can result in a fail. No matter how many passing reviews you get, if you get 3 fails (no matter how minor) consecutively you go on corrective action. No financial institution operates like this. Paypal is a great company. The benefits are amazing. Most people who worked in the compliance department feel the same way I do. However, outside of that department i have heard much better.

4.0
Apr 8, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Really great company to work for if you want to develop yourself and make some decent money. Great working culture, you will get to know people from all over the world and build your network within the company. Canteen is subsidized and the food is decent. Great benefits, opportunity to invest in shares (definitely do this if you have just landed a job with PayPal). There are some really great people there too who are passionate and knowledgeable about their job. For my first two years with the company I worked under an excellent manager who would walk through walls for his team, had in depth product and process knowledge and was a true motivator. However on the flipside to that, the manager I had for my second 2 years was the polar opposite, sparse product knowledge, few contacts within the company, no idea of chain of escalation, did not inspire or motivate, did not respond to emails and regularly attempted micro managing people who did not require management/training in the area identified. Overall it's a really nice place to work, the people there are what make it what it is,I have made friends at PayPal that I will have for life. The training is excellent (access to Harvard training courses), PayPal will sponsor your studies if they are industry relevant. The integration team does a really good job of supporting the sales floor. PayPal's technology is the industry standard, you will become proficient in some of the world's leading software. PayPal are also a company that will stick by you in difficult times. I suffered with a medical condition which resulted in me missing quite a bit of work and the company was always supportive and accommodating in granting leave.

Cons

These cons are in relation to the telesales department and are not reflective of the company as a whole. Your experience can vary depending on your manager. I had the best 2 years of my career to date when I started with PayPal but once I changed teams due to an organizational shift I found myself reporting into a manager who I felt was under qualified and did more to antagonize staff than motivate them. The vast majority of managers working at PayPal are highly competent and professional but like any company in the world you can sometimes end up with a manager that makes life difficult. I was in a sales position so naturally the role can get stressful from time to time, however this seems to be shifting in the wrong direction for PayPal's sales team as the market reaches saturation. Sales agents who wish to make decent commission can expect to self prospect 80-90% of their leads as the lead generation team tend to recycle dead leads and non profitable companies over and over again! Investment and proper utilization of software can solve that problem but there seems to be a lack of interest/innovation at the management level of lead gen.

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