Not a Great place to work and build Career - Anonymous employee PayPal Employee Review

2.0
Nov 23, 2012
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good exposure to payments domain

Cons

The closeness to upper management matters more than work Promotions and oppurtunities are based on who you know and how your boss is placed in the group rather than work Multiple reorgs with no result Lay offs not based on work but on several other factors in nae of streamlining the organization

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