They value outside talent more than existing talent - even if you're an exceeds performer - Anonymous employee PayPal Employee Review

- politics, politics, politics - Even when you get hired as an internal candidate for a job at a higher grade level, you don't get moved up. It's always a lateral transfer unless you're one of the "favorites" who actually gets a shot at the very, very few promotion spots that open up annually. - They prefer to hire from the outside, so get the title you want coming in because getting it through promotion is unlikely despite your performance. - I thought that being part of a fast-growing company would mean opportunities for advancement. How wrong I was!! It's the opposite of most places I've worked where advancement was much easier.