Hire and Fire Company, prospective employees stay away - Product Manager PayPal Employee Review

1.0
Mar 31, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Only good thing is compensation (Salary and Stock options)

Cons

I don't know where to start because I have a huge list, but let me put up something. 1. No innovation takes place in our company. We only copy what competitors are doing. 2. There is an org re-structure every two months. We don't allow out employees to settle down and focus on work. We want them to be worried about their jobs, so their productivity is low 3. We don't have work-life balance. We slog, slog, slog and then get laid off. 4. Our leaders lack transparency, leadership and compassion. They are robots who think the employees are emotionless machines. 5. If your tongue can do the talking, you can survive here. Knowledge, hardwork, attitude does not count. 6. Managers here are the worst species. Most have come from services companies and run this company as a service company. They treat us like slaves. I know of a director who used to prepare charts and paste them all over to walls when her bosses would visit Chennai to please them. 7. Managers are not bothered about our career progression. They are like leeches who suck our blood. And once they have sucked all the blood out, they leave us to fend off for our self or be laid off. 8. We do not get time or the opportunity to sharpen our skills. We need to do the work equivalent to two employees in the US. To summarize, PayPal is one of the worst companies to work for. Its not worth the compensation, at the cost of your health and well-being and wellness.

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5.0
May 7, 2026
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Pros

Good work life balance. Lot of opportunities to learn

Cons

Company is in transition mode

2.0
Apr 13, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

PayPal has a lot of potential. It has two very strong brands in PayPal and Venmo with significant awareness and user bases that other companies envy. There are pockets of teams that are really pushing the envelop to reimagine what PayPal and Venmo could be—especially the Venmo team—and to move with speed given the company must stay focused and not waste time with Apple Pay, Shop Pay, and so many other competitors nipping at PayPal's heels and aggressively taking market share.

Cons

While some teams are pushing to self-disrupt and are moving fast, too many teams—and I'd argue the majority of the company–are living off of PayPal's laurels from the late 2010s through the pandemic. The culture and mindset have to change for the company to remain competitive. Otherwise, they are the Titanic and they're sinking slowly. The former CEO who only last 2 years tried diversifying the company's revenue, planning for the future. But the board and its former chairman (now new CEO) felt he wasn't moving fast enough to stabilize and marketshare. Instead, the board hired the former chairman who made computers and printers at HP—another sinking ship—to lead the oldest fintech company. The loss of confidence in the leadership team and the strategy are only accelerating.

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