PayPal reviews

The Product Owners are a thick layer of "dead wood" middle management, as one person described it. Often, there are POs that have crazy amounts of control over just ONE webpage sometimes, so it's impossible to change anything on the site because they need to protect their jobs and the jobs of their direct reports. (And yes, they still wonder why we have so many different login screens and Web flow visual designs...couldn't be because the POs refuse to talk to each other, could it? No, ofcourse not.). They also push out features without ever knowing/researching true user needs, or even understanding their own technology. Frustrating! The big "transformation" programs are a smokescreen. Many teams aren't doing proper Agile (bad story estimation, splitting/merging stories arbitrarily, cooking performance numbers, fudging or ignoring progress surveys), and some POs aren't even Agile trained even though it is required now. I've heard rumors of POs sending their employees to take trainings for them but I can say 100% if thats true or not. It wouldnt surprise me though.

Negative toxic place to work. Unless you are Management or higher don't bother. Internal hiring process is pathetic. Management constantly shifting due to misrepresented talent. If you just want to be another replaceable piece of the robot, then this place is perfect for you! They will switch you out tomorrow without blinking an eye, regardless of your talent or time put into the company. Greedy. Saddens me to write this. 6 years ago PayPal flowed through my blood. Now they have become just another greedy organization. Ps. no I was not fired. Even if the company makes billions of dollars in revenue, don't expect any Christmas bonus. You took too long providing their customers, who made their company all that money, excellent customer service and you are punished in return for taking the extra minute by receiving zero bonus. Isn't that ironic? I had the opportunity to work in 3 different departments and found it is a common trend throughout.