Is PayPal a good company to work for as a Sr. Software Engineer?

Sr. Software Engineer professionals working at PayPal have rated their employer with 3.4 out of 5 stars in 328 Glassdoor reviews. This is a lower than average score with the overall rating of PayPal employees being 3.6 out of 5 stars. Search open Sr. Software Engineer Jobs at PayPal now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Sr. Software Engineer interview questions at PayPal .

Does PayPal pay Sr. Software Engineer employees well?

Sr. Software Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at PayPal with 3.4 out of 5 stars based on 328 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 8.5% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Sr. Software Engineer salaries at PayPal.

How happy are Sr. Software Engineer professionals working at PayPal?

51% of Sr. Software Engineer employees at PayPal would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has decreased by 14% in the past 12 months. Sr. Software Engineer professionals have also rated PayPal with a 3.4 rating for work-life-balance, 3.7 rating for diversity and inclusion, 3.4 rating for culture and values and 3.1 rating for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at PayPal?

Software Engineer (673) , Senior Software Engineer (333) , Customer Service Representative (259) , Data Scientist (143) , Product Manager (140) , Manager (134) , Risk Analyst (124) , Software Engineer II (113) , Customer Solutions Agent (110) , Senior Product Manager (99) , Director (98) , MTS1 Software Engineer (93) , Senior Manager (87) , Software Engineer III (83) , Collections Specialist (79)

What are the pros of working at PayPal according to real employee reviews?

"Good work life balance with challenging and engaging goals." ((in 1012 reviews)); "The benefits are good and the work atmosphere was wonderful." ((in 914 reviews)); "peers were supportive and it was great to meet nice people" ((in 659 reviews)); "Not to mention it was good pay and everything was paid for by them" ((in 435 reviews)); "Good salary and RSUs" ((in 342 reviews))

What are the cons of working at PayPal according to real employee reviews?

"Frequent layoffs and reorgs" ((in 285 reviews)); "I had a bad manager that either wasnt able to support me or just didn't." ((in 232 reviews)); "No job security and not growing since last 2 years" ((in 106 reviews)); "Middle and upper management are focused too much on marketing requests at the expense of development needs." ((in 66 reviews)); "Too much politics If you are not part for paltform then in Payments domains not much of technical learning but you will learn Payments business" ((in 57 reviews))

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3.4

51% would recommend to a friend

(328 total reviews)

Enrique Lores

21% approve of CEO

36% positive business outlook

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3.7

Diversity & inclusion

3.4

Culture & values

3.4

Work/Life balance

3.4

Compensation and benefits

3.1

Career opportunities

2.7

Senior management

Sr. Software Engineer employees have rated PayPal with 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 328 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Sr. Software Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. PayPal is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Sr. Software Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

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328 reviews

4.0

Mar 25, 2014

Good place to work

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good pay, benefits (they are cutting a bit now), can move around internally to many teams.

Cons

A bit of politics helps you

3.0

Jan 11, 2014

Paypal Balitmore (formally BillMeLater)

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good Pay and a fast pace environment.

Cons

Management is unaware of what Engineers are working on. Politics. Hard to Grow.

3.0

Nov 12, 2013

Was Interesting once, now a complete demotivation

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Freedom to take up work as the employee wish Upto the individual to learn and grow within the org Paid on par with the competition good work life balance

Cons

Managers themselves are not aware of whats happening within the org Career growth is a question for the employees Lot of changes within the org leave the employees clueless on whats happening Not sure of whats the future for chennai development centre. Lot of attrition in the recent times. A total demotivation among the employees. Not sure if the people are really interested to come to work daily. Not that open to switch to open technologies. People are not opening up and interested to learn on new tech.

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