Awesome Product and passionate President but lacking true investment in the culture or people - Human Resources PayPal Employee Review

4.0
Apr 22, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

David Marcus is a great leader. Incredibly passionate! PayPal is a great brand to get behind. Employees really seem invested in impacting the organization and the payments industry. People here are very sharp! Very good outlook for the company. PayPal will do great things in the payments space!

Cons

Comp is average, lacking compared to competitors in Silicon Valley. There is a lot of focus on creating incredible product and services but not enough investment in making it a great place to work for employees. No perks compared to other companies (no free food, snacks, dry cleaning etc). Employee on-boarding is laughable. Recruiting is sub par. The systems/tools are horrendous! Way too many tools. Makes ppl unproductive There is a lot of "talk" about getting stuff done but there are a lot of obstacles preventing it Stale talent is kept around way too long. HR leadership is not as impactful as it should be.

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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
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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