Good Company, Bad Politics - Senior Software Engineer PayPal Employee Review

2.0
Apr 23, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Good company. Very open, very collaborative. - Gives flexibility on thoughts as long as they like it.

Cons

- VERY BAD politics. It's on every org. You are warned if you are going into this company, make sure you know what you are getting into. - They don't really care about your technical ability rather if you are good with your upper management or leadership (AKA if you kiss their #@#) then you're good. - Managers aren't technically strong. They just have been there for a long time - Managers don't have a say on the candidates, upper management does even though they don't directly work with the candidates. - This is the company where you are evaluated on the basis of what your upper management thinks of your work or amount of effort you put in.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
Jun 26, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

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

Cons

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