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 been stable over the past 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 3.7 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 (669) , Senior Software Engineer (329) , Customer Service Representative (259) , Data Scientist (142) , 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 (93) , Senior Manager (87) , Software Engineer III (83) , Collections Specialist (79)

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

"The benefits are good and the work atmosphere was wonderful." ((in 922 reviews)); "peers were supportive and it was great to meet nice people" ((in 647 reviews)); "Not to mention it was good pay and everything was paid for by them" ((in 449 reviews)); "Good Salary and Perks" ((in 333 reviews)); "work culture is good and helpful" ((in 285 reviews))

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

"very frequent layoffs and reorgs" ((in 286 reviews)); "I had a bad manager that either wasnt able to support me or just didn't." ((in 229 reviews)); "No job security and not growing since last 2 years" ((in 104 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 57 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?

Buenos Aires , Mendoza , Rosario

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3.5

58% would recommend to a friend

(9,642 total reviews)

Enrique Lores

43% approve of CEO

43% positive business outlook

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3.8

Diversity & inclusion

3.7

Work/Life balance

3.7

Compensation and benefits

3.5

Culture & values

3.2

Career opportunities

2.9

Senior management

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PayPal has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 9,642 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 Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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10K reviews

4.0

Oct 10, 2025

It is a relatively good job opportunity

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

1. work-life balance compare with other Chinese companies. 2. great wellness and good salary.

Cons

1. manager may push your job and blame your work. 2. manager may hint you to study more in your personal time(differs with managers)

1.0

Oct 9, 2025

Laying off people with no severance

Manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Large company benefits, decent work life balance in most teams

Cons

Management is clueless. Also pushing out all experienced employees and replacing them with low experienced ones. HR is constantly trying to push people out by putting them on a PIP and exiting without severance

2.0

Oct 8, 2025

Horrible unstable, nasty place to work

Senior product marketing manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Okay comp and benefits - Lower-level (non-leadership) employees are smart and easy to work with

Cons

- Horrible, insecure, unstable leadership team - Constant turnover and instability (lay offs, disappearing employees) - Unclear company-wide goals, lack of vision, lack of prioritization

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