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Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at PayPal for 4 years
February 21, 2023
3.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

PayPal offers a lot of flexibility, good benefits, and (for the most part) hires talented and kind people.

They provide fantastic resources (new MacBook Pros, ultrawide monitors, etc.), value work-life balance (team and manager dependent), and understand the benefits of remote work.

Cons

This company doesn't value its employees when push comes to shove. The layoffs were handled terribly and opaquely.

They followed this up by not providing raises to workers after boasting across-the-board profits at the quarterly earnings call a week prior.

There is no clear path for career growth either, since workers are expected to "solve big problems" to get noticed (which, of course, incentivizes constant big problems).

The rush to push new features causes many of these problems, so little to no time is ever assigned to remove mounting tech debt.

Advice to Management

Put your money where your mouth is. Stop paying lip service to how much you value your employees and actually value us.

Additional Ratings

Work/Life Balance
4.0
Culture and Values
2.0
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
5.0
Career Opportunities
1.0
Compensation and Benefits
4.0
Senior Management
1.0

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