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?

59% 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?

"The benefits are good and the work atmosphere was wonderful." ((in 934 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 410 reviews)); "Good salary and RSUs" ((in 323 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 277 reviews)); "I had a bad manager that either wasnt able to support me or just didn't." ((in 223 reviews)); "No job security and not growing since last 2 years" ((in 108 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)); "Middle and upper management are focused too much on marketing requests at the expense of development needs." ((in 59 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

59% would recommend to a friend

(9,601 total reviews)

Enrique Lores

50% approve of CEO

44% positive business outlook

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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 9,601 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

5.0

May 4, 2011

By far the best place I have worked for to date !!!

Lead risk analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

- Strong product and market leadership - Clear vision and goals - excellent project management and deliverables - employee benefits - Respect work-life balance (esp for working mothers)

Cons

- tends to get little aggressive at times

5.0

Mar 25, 2009

One of the best companies in Silicon Valley

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The people are really for the most part quite nice and very smart. I think that PayPal is just at the beginning of it's success. I want to be part of this phenomenon as it becomes more main stream.

Cons

The Development cycle is extremely long.

4.0

Aug 6, 2010

PayPal a place to work

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Lots of growth and opportunity.

Cons

I think that the pay could be better.

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