High-tech nightmare - Staff Software Engineer PayPal Employee Review

2.0
Oct 31, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Compensation and benefits to an extent. Convenient location and facility, onsite gym, green field for sports.

Cons

Highly secretive and hypocritical culture with a dash of a far-eastern aptitude. Grinds good professionals down to either stressed out, overworked marionettes or political survivors. Attracts and harbors quite a bit of paycheck chasers and tech phonies. Processes frequently change and at the same time are as slow as the telegraph in the fiber optic era. It's hard to catch up and stay up to speed, esp for new hires. And of course politics. It has flooded everywhere. The ebay mothership advertises good values which unfortunately serve as a facade only. Usually values are walked over demonstratively after finding a convenient excuse.

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5.0
May 7, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good work life balance. Lot of opportunities to learn

Cons

Company is in transition mode

2.0
Jun 26, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great people, smart people. With new CEO, maybe things will get back

Cons

Been a horrible last 3 years. Non-stop re-offs, new leadership that cut everyone and brought in new people who don’t know anything. No clear priorities, no leadership.

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