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Overall, a good company, but sometimes you get stuck with bad direct management

Software Development Manager
Current Employee
Has worked at PayPal for 6 years
August 21, 2012
Scottsdale, Arizona
3.0
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Pros

There are many exceptional people who work at PayPal with lots of ideas.

Lots of different areas to grow and make your mark or make a difference.

The top internet payments company.

Lots of other companies under eBay Inc. to work with or be part of.

Cons

Some leaders are way too political and only interested in self-gain. If you get into one of their teams, it can be rough.

Constant org changes.

Too many processes and tools, not enough strategy.

Secondary challenges in doing software development (dev environments, builds/deploys, etc.) that make work not efficient.

Advice to Management

The Exec/VP level is on the right track, but the director level needs work.

Keep your focus on people and enabling/developing their talent.

Trust each other.

Spend the money to really fix the software dev cycle and environment. A multi-billion dollar company shouldn't have these kinds of problems.

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