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 929 reviews)); "peers were supportive and it was great to meet nice people" ((in 649 reviews)); "Not to mention it was good pay and everything was paid for by them" ((in 410 reviews)); "Good salary and RSUs" ((in 328 reviews)); "work culture is good and helpful" ((in 291 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 227 reviews)); "No job security and not growing since last 2 years" ((in 105 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 61 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

(9,624 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 9,624 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

Sep 6, 2018

Worst place in the world

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Free gym onsite Vhi None other pros

Cons

Micromanagement Low salaries They pretend to be people focused but this is not true, they don't care about employees Management is just bad, all the good people end up going away

2.0

Apr 11, 2018

Worst Management and old technologies

Mts1 software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

I did not find anything exciting in Risk team.

Cons

Worst Management. Typical core industry and non-technical managers,they are like , for them Orang and Mango are same because both are round. Technologies are very old. Mostly meteince works. Highly political place, you will be trapped into un-producitive daily gossips. Engineer's qualities are very poor.

1.0

Dec 29, 2017

Customer Service

Customer service representative

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Great coworkers, flexible schedule, decent benefits, everyone works as a team

Cons

Management, unrealistic goals, no real direction for the company, outdated software and equipment, can’t get up to use the restroom without being timed, layoffs, constant change isn’t always good, benefits not as good as they used to be

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