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4.0
Average Rating
(based on 83 PayPal Review Ratings)

Ratings by Category

Company Culture
4.0
Growth Opportunities
3.6
People You Work With
4.4
Person You Work For
4.2
Rewards You Receive
4.1
Support You Get
3.9
Way You Work
4.0
Work Setting
4.1
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"The PayPal Cloud Engineering team works on cutting edge technologies. The team works well together and is co-operative. One gets great support and help to get the job done. There is a lot of flexibility and we aren't micro-managed. Most people on the team are very sharp and it is a great learning experience to work with them."
Posted 10 years ago in San Jose, CA
Software Engineering Intern

"Good experience. Great place to intern."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Program Manager

"Good place, have fun while working."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
PayPal Employee

"The company is an amazing company. Unfortunately too many layers of leadership tend to bog down innovation. David Marcus was an amazing leader who was pushing us in the right direction. Our new leader seems to be working to streamline the organization."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
PayPal Employee

"I worked for PayPal for just over a year. They seemed to really value employees as people and encouraged work-life balance. I felt they could have done more for employee growth."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Interaction Designer
Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4.5 / 5
Support You Get 4.5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4.5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 4.5 / 5 Way You Work 4.5 / 5
Senior Java Developer

"The PayPal Cloud Engineering team works on cutting edge technologies. The team works well together and is co-operative. One gets great support and help to get the job done. There is a lot of flexibility and we aren't micro-managed. Most people on the team are very sharp and it is a great learning experience to work with them."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Development Manager

"Great company with leadership with a vision everyone can get behind and believe in!"

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
QA Manager

"Good technical environment and lots to learn in this fast-paced, extremely aggressive organization."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Product Manager

"I've worked for PayPal/ Bill Me Later since 2010 and I absolutely love working here. PayPal has given me an opportunity to grow personally and professionally"

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
PayPal Employee

"I've worked with PayPal for over 2 years now, in different areas of hr. I love their work-life balance culture and ever-evolving changes as the company grows."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 1 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Senior QA Engineer

"I feel that the company is moving in the wrong direction. The effort is not made to release simple and user friendly easy to use applications. It's getting complex with every release. Management really need to change their focus and adapt to current market trends."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Senior Manager
Person You Work For 4.9 / 5 People You Work With 4.8 / 5 Work Setting 4.8 / 5
Support You Get 3.1 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3.8 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3.1 / 5
Company Culture 4.4 / 5 Way You Work 2.9 / 5
Staff Software Engineer

"Good company; complex, segmented environment; poor tools."

What do you like about working at PayPal?

"Outstanding benefits, solid company, good lower management. Lots of variety available."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Don't expect to ever know everything. Expect to feel dumb for the first year you work here. Accentuate your flexibility and ability to work in a poorly-defined environment without a lot of supervision."

What don't you like about working at PayPal?

"Poor upper management. Extremely enormous and complex coding environment. Poor developer support. Poor ownership of code areas."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Ask front line workers what works and what doesn't. Ask for specific feedback on their management chain without fear of repercussion."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
PayPal Employee

"I've been working for PayPal inc as a consultant (contract role) for the last 4 years and I like its work culture ( openness, latest tech stack, modern offices, etc..,)."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
PayPal Employee

"Good place to work. The teams within it may seem too spread out, but it nevertheless works. No micromanagement , only a morning stand-up. Flat organization."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5

PayPal Reviews FAQs

Is PayPal a good company to work for?

PayPal has an overall rating of 4.0 Average Rating out of 5, based on over 83 PayPal Review Ratings left anonymously by PayPal employees, which is 3% higher than the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. 94% of employees would recommend working at PayPal.

Does PayPal pay their employees well?

PayPal employees earn $97,000 annually on average, or $47 per hour, which is 47% higher than the national salary average of $66,000 per year. 63 PayPal employees have shared their salaries on CareerBliss. Find PayPal Salaries by Job Title.

How satisfied are employees working at PayPal?

94% of employees would recommend working at PayPal with the overall rating of 4.0 out of 5. Employees also rated PayPal 4.0 out of 5 for Company Culture, 4.1 for Rewards You Receive, 3.6 for Growth Opportunities and 3.9 for support you get.

What is the highest paying job at PayPal?

According to our data, the highest paying job at PayPal is a Senior Director of Product Development at $251,000 annually. Browse PayPal Salaries by Job Profile.

What is the lowest paying job at PayPal?

According to our data, the lowest paying job at PayPal is a Application Development Consultant at $20,000 annually. Browse PayPal Salaries by Job Profile.

What are the pros and cons of working at PayPal?

According to reviews on CareerBliss, employees commonly rated the pros of working at PayPal to be Company Culture, Growth Opportunities, People You Work With and Person You Work For, and no cons.

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