Mixed, but there's no future for PayPal - Software Engineer PayPal Employee Review

2.0
21 Sept 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

There are some amazing engineers here. They are nice and very knowledgable.

Cons

The company itself as a whole sucks. The management sucks completely. The only thing PayPal is good for is the PayPal mafia/strong brand name that comes with it. It's subsidiaries Braintree, Venmo, and Xoom are more exciting places to work for.

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PayPal Response
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Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. I spent the first 3 years of my tenure at PayPal in tech and wholly agree that we have some amazing engineers who are nice and extremely knowledgeable. I am also really bummed to hear that you believe the whole company sucks. And on this point I don’t agree. I’m sure we have some pockets of the organization that need improvement and some managers who need coaching as leaders. We’re committed to identifying these areas and working with leadership to improve them. Hearing the voice of the employee is an important step in giving us the information we need to address the issues. I thank you for feedback.

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Pros

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