Good company, in general. Poor engineering delivery, in general. - Engineering Director PayPal Employee Review

3.0
24 Nov 2008
Recommend
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Pros

The company has had and probably will continue to have solid growth. Although not an expert in the area, my impression is that the BU is very competent. I think the company has a bright future if it can solve the infrastructure issues created by rapid growth. Management team works hard to maintain high employee morale.

Cons

Lake many other companies it is a bit too focused on short term. Engineering Productivity is very low and needs to improve. This means a lot of weekend work to catch-up. It is much more of a relationship company than a metric company. This means it is not what you do but how you do it that matters. Being well liked will make up for failed projects.

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5.0
15 May 2026
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Pros

Good company to work for, good work life balance

Cons

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3.0
6 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Big scale. Good work-life balance. Smart coworkers.

Cons

Lack of product vision. Disparate tech stack split between internal tooling and more modern cloud providers makes the deployment story confusing.

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