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 (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?

"Good work life balance is good" ((in 1029 reviews)); "The benefits are good and the work atmosphere was wonderful." ((in 942 reviews)); "peers were supportive and it was great to meet nice people" ((in 645 reviews)); "Good pay and will get good exposure in working payment domain" ((in 416 reviews)); "Good salary and RSUs" ((in 323 reviews))

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

"Frequent layoffs and reorgs" ((in 274 reviews)); "I had a bad manager that either wasnt able to support me or just didn't." ((in 235 reviews)); "No job security and not growing since last 2 years" ((in 105 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 60 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

(9,621 total reviews)

Enrique Lores

48% 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

PayPal has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 9,621 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

1.0

Oct 12, 2012

Horrible place for engineers

Staff software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Salary was competitive at the time, stock price is currently good.

Cons

Horrible, dysfunctional internal politics. Management that is staggeringly tone def. Willingness to announce 900 million in acquisitions and 12% layoffs in the same memo shows total disregard for employees. Virtually no investment in the technology platform that runs the company. Project managers are allowed to force engineering compromises, then move on to the next project before the bills comes due.

3.0

Oct 11, 2012

Interesting business, skittish culture for an Internet e-commerce leader

User experience designer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Some very smart and creative people, dedicated to their work and to each other.

Cons

Way too much politics; slippery non-performers with good manners rose through the ranks to form an impenetrable layer of middle management sludge. Great people left or were laid off.

4.0

Oct 10, 2012

I had a great run

Product manager

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

love working here, colleagues are friendly, managers have the "independent" attitude. Work life balance is great

Cons

It's always the same old same old stuff here. Company realize there's a problem (cluster in the management and processes), goes through reorg with a whole new set of philosophy, but nothing is done on the low to mid level management, and then employees and managers complain about clustered process, then goes through another re-org

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