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 (665) , Senior Software Engineer (325) , 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 with challenging and engaging goals." ((in 1030 reviews)); "The benefits are good and the work atmosphere was wonderful." ((in 916 reviews)); "peers were supportive and it was great to meet nice people" ((in 660 reviews)); "Good pay and will get good exposure in working payment domain" ((in 422 reviews)); "Good salary and RSUs" ((in 313 reviews))

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

"very frequent layoffs and reorgs" ((in 282 reviews)); "I had a bad manager that either wasnt able to support me or just didn't." ((in 229 reviews)); "Poor leadership and lack of long term strategy" ((in 186 reviews)); "No job security and not growing since last 2 years" ((in 109 reviews)); "Middle and upper management are focused too much on marketing requests at the expense of development needs." ((in 66 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.

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3.6

58% would recommend to a friend

(9,608 total reviews)

Enrique Lores

50% approve of CEO

43% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

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 9,608 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

May 13, 2026

Good work-life balance with limited tech challenges

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

good work life and decent pay

Cons

no much tech heavy lifting here

5.0

May 12, 2026

Good work culture with supportive leaders

Software engineer 2

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good work culture, leaders, work

Cons

nothing as such that I felt

3.0

May 11, 2026

Collaborative teams and good pay, but leadership instability

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good salary and the teams are all collaborators

Cons

Too many leadership changes, creating constant unrest for job security. If you work in a pilot site difficult to get decisions made.

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