Pros: PayPal is fine, though their technology was old.

Cons: As a contractor, middle management tends to run roughshod over you. Not a bad place to work if you join as perm at that level.

Pros: Flexible, techie, wonderful products and people.

Cons: Long working hours most of the time.

Pros: For Austin, the stock compensation is best in class (RSUs and ESPP). Benefits were good: PTO, sabbatical, a decent 401k, and decent medical. Nice office space with a walking path, gym, and lots of windows for light. At the end, PayPal was a great place to explore new technology and take it from idea into production. Very solid support teams (DevOps, etc.). There were a few tough and long nights dealing with releases or production issues, but the process improved to where releasing code was always smooth and quick. Very thorough pre-testing of production releases.

Cons: The biggest con was being in Austin. The original CEO was Scott Thompson, who supported and championed the site. After three CEO changes, there is no senior management at the Austin site, and for the most part, everything is controlled out of San Jose. I don't think the site will last much longer, as the interest in Austin seems to be waning.