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Paypal Chennai: A Haven and a Hell!

Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at PayPal for less than 1 year
January 8, 2012
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
2.0
Pros

Excellent infrastructure and facilities. Latest technologies to work on. Air-conditioned and Wi-Fi buses. Work from home facility.

Cons

Politics - is the serious thing that makes the whole environment a hell. Everyone above managers has attitude problems.

Salary, promotions, and awards are only for people whom managers like, and not based on individual performance.

All decisions are very biased towards developers. If you are a tester at PayPal, then it's time to look out for a good organization where testers are respected.

Biased decisions are made regarding permanent positions.

The organization spends a lot towards extra-curricular activities but less on individual growth.

No career counseling.

No transparency in important decisions.

Zero percent help from HRs. HRs here are just present for timepass, dance, and to participate in special events. They really don't care about employee problems.

Contractors are ill-treated by both the management and by their own HRs.

Advice to Management

My serious advice to the PayPal management is not to recruit managers and above just based on their experience, but also based on their attitude. Recruit fresh managers who are not biased in their decisions.

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