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Visionary Company, Burnout Culture

Senior Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at PayPal for less than 1 year
June 30, 2021
San Jose, California
4.0
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEO
Pros

Company has a great vision: democratizing financial services for everyone. There are a lot of social justice and diversity programs within and outside the company. Company policies and communication demonstrate caring for employee well-being and doing good work in the community and the world.

Competitive compensation with stock, as long as the stock keeps rising like it has. Flexible time off, as long as you have a good manager.

Cons

Burnout from putting out fires all the time. Everything is top priority. There's a constant drive to start new projects before the old one was fully completed.

Positions don't get backfilled when people leave, as long as the work continues at the same pace, which people stretch to do.

Not enough time and resources invested in quality improvements – DevOps, architecture design, individual learning, etc. There's not enough senior tech leadership/oversight, so a lot of garbage code gets written that ends up causing a lot of time-wasting issues later on.

Advice to Management

Quality in, quality out. Hire more top-tier talent. Pick fewer projects to work on and stick with them until they're done.

Additional Ratings

Work/Life Balance
4.0
Culture and Values
5.0
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
5.0
Career Opportunities
4.0
Compensation and Benefits
4.0
Senior Management
2.0

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