Get in the clique - Software Engineer PayPal Employee Review

2.0
6 Jan 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The pay was pretty great for a starting developer. Also stock options.

Cons

Everything else was absolutely terrible. Cliques form and if your not in the clique then come "calibration" month, expect to be dinged for the most asinine things. Watched 2 people get fired because they were in the longue room and were 5 minutes late to a meeting... A meeting even the manager came in late to... cause he was in the lounge...and that's how he knew those two people were there. Yeah. The entire establishment is "rules for thee, not for me". Got out as soon as I saw what was going on to my coworkers and never looked back. Read up on stacked ranking and calibrations. PayPal VERY AGGRESSIVELY pits their own employees against each other and the managers sit back and joke about it. They think its funny and game.

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5.0
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Pros

Work life balance and interesting merchants

Cons

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2.0
26 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great people, smart people. With new CEO, maybe things will get back

Cons

Been a horrible last 3 years. Non-stop re-offs, new leadership that cut everyone and brought in new people who don’t know anything. No clear priorities, no leadership.

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