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 (667) , Senior Software Engineer (327) , 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?

"The benefits are good and the work atmosphere was wonderful." ((in 933 reviews)); "peers were supportive and it was great to meet nice people" ((in 646 reviews)); "Not to mention it was good pay and everything was paid for by them" ((in 431 reviews)); "Good Salary and Perks" ((in 335 reviews)); "work culture is good and helpful" ((in 290 reviews))

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

"very frequent layoffs and reorgs" ((in 287 reviews)); "All the good things about the company can go for a toss if you are reporting to a bad manager." ((in 221 reviews)); "No job security and not growing since last 2 years" ((in 98 reviews)); "Middle and upper management are focused too much on marketing requests at the expense of development needs." ((in 65 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 62 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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3.6

58% would recommend to a friend

(9,629 total reviews)

Enrique Lores

47% approve of CEO

43% positive business outlook

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PayPal has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 9,629 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

3.0

Dec 3, 2014

Neither here nor there - management team was decent but company was slow to react in the market.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good market leading position in payments with a large user base of customers. Adoption was pretty strong.

Cons

Culture rewarded mediocrity and lack of change and did not value innovative players with startup qualities.

5.0

Dec 2, 2014

Good company

Software engineer intern

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

In PayPal, employees have very flexible working hours, and can enjoy nice welfares like frequent team outing, medical insurance, lunch buffet.

Cons

For some people, they may think the environment in PayPal is too relax. There are people leaving PayPal to join startup companies because of this.

5.0

Dec 1, 2014

Great company...if you're a full time employee

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Very casual environment; great people. Culture is very positive and friendly. Well established company with great eyes on the future.

Cons

Being a contractor was difficult.

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