Decent place to work - PayPal Veteran - Recensione dipendente - Senior Engineering Manager presso PayPal

4,0
10 apr 2011
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

- Good, friendly colleagues - Projects are usually interesting - Pays reasonably well, compared to market. - Freedom to make tactical decisions

Svantaggi

- Management positions can be very political. - Like most other places, Sr. level promotions are handed to either favorites or those who patiently wait for their "turn". You might ask, how about competency? Go figure:-) - Most Engineering Managers, Directors, and above, don't even understand the product they are managing. Don't look up to them for any technical guidance or even discuss some of the challenges. - Software Development environment would probably be one of the worst in the industry. - It's astonishing that the company of this size doesn't have good/mature process. Production roll out process is painfully bureaucratic and highly inefficient to say the least. They should seriously consider outsourcing the entire Release Management and Release Engineering. - Some teams have super easy life and some work under constant intense pressure. - Old timers are leaving company at a record rate. It's high time management should take action before it's too late.

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5,0
17 giu 2026
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

Work life balance and interesting merchants

Svantaggi

The stock price limits upside

2,0
13 apr 2026
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

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.

Svantaggi

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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