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?

"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 650 reviews)); "Good pay and will get good exposure in working payment domain" ((in 433 reviews)); "Good salary and RSUs" ((in 334 reviews)); "work culture is good and helpful" ((in 297 reviews))

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

"Frequent layoffs and reorgs" ((in 291 reviews)); "I had a bad manager that either wasnt able to support me or just didn't." ((in 236 reviews)); "No job security and not growing since last 2 years" ((in 106 reviews)); "Middle and upper management are focused too much on marketing requests at the expense of development needs." ((in 60 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 58 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

(9,610 total reviews)

Enrique Lores

49% 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 9,610 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

Jun 6, 2012

A good company to work

Product manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Very good work life balance Good compensation Great Culture

Cons

Not very innovative Very Process Oriented Unstable Organization structure, min 1 re-org every year.

4.0

May 30, 2012

Changing how the world pays

Senior product manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Innovation backed up by good funding

Cons

Large organisation = politics and slow developments

4.0

May 25, 2012

Friendly, fast Paced, Ambiguity

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Many friendly and helpful employees , Global working practices, Good employer branding, Good benefits, fun place to work and trendy offices

Cons

too many decision makers, Cultural differences,many virtual team communication, fast changing work process, communication challenges and difficult in making changes,

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