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 (666) , Senior Software Engineer (325) , Customer Service Representative (258) , Data Scientist (141) , Product Manager (138) , Manager (134) , Risk Analyst (124) , Software Engineer II (111) , Customer Solutions Agent (109) , 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 1011 reviews)); "The benefits are good and the work atmosphere was wonderful." ((in 960 reviews)); "peers were supportive and it was great to meet nice people" ((in 637 reviews)); "Not to mention it was good pay and everything was paid for by them" ((in 427 reviews)); "Good salary and RSUs" ((in 321 reviews))

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

"Frequent layoffs and reorgs" ((in 275 reviews)); "I had a bad manager that either wasnt able to support me or just didn't." ((in 236 reviews)); "Poor leadership and lack of long term strategy" ((in 186 reviews)); "No job security and not growing since last 2 years" ((in 107 reviews)); "Middle and upper management are focused too much on marketing requests at the expense of development needs." ((in 63 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

(9,604 total reviews)

Enrique Lores

50% 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 9,604 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

2.0

Oct 25, 2011

Company is going through it's cycle

User experience manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Nice people, good campus and great cafeteria

Cons

Company is going through it's bad cycle, it will take some time to get over this cycle.

3.0

Jul 17, 2011

Decent Company to work for

Senior product manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great employees and colleagues, Company's growth, Benefits, Stability, Global Visibility

Cons

Senior Management lack focus, Resources spread too thin, No single Product Management head/team resulting redundant product effort, Bad manager (hey, i was unlucky)

4.0

Jul 13, 2011

Part of something special

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

growing company with products and services that consumers and merchants value

Cons

we work hard....sometimes work / life balance is a challenge

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