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 3.7 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

(9,643 total reviews)

Enrique Lores

43% approve of CEO

43% positive business outlook

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PayPal has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 9,643 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

Apr 11, 2014

A challenging place for challenging work

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good work, opportunities are good, decent perks

Cons

Always under pressure, management issues

2.0

Apr 10, 2014

Churn and burn company

Anonymous

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits are great 401k, Employee stock purchase plan. Great vision with POS mobile payment wise.

Cons

Company treats you like a number not a valued employee. It's a huge revolving door type of company.

2.0

Apr 8, 2014

Good product.. too much red tapism

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

pays well. Product is trying to compete well

Cons

They can get better management, too many non technical people

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