Lots of great experiences except for the once you really, really need - werkgeversreview Web Developer bij PayPal

4,0
27 jun 2008
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Pluspunten

First of all PayPal is a very successful business so you are pretty much guarantied a stable employment. Benefits are pretty good: nice matching 401k, employee stock purchase plan, stock grant (!) instead of stupid stock options, pre-tax flex spending account, bonus program, school reimbursement, vacation/holidays etc. But medical could be better - for a family coverage you'll have a pretty sizeable paycheck deduction. Campus on North 1st is great, has a free Club One gym, ping-pong, billiard, basketball, tennis and a great soccer field. Work-related: planned, process-driven, structured environment where things progress slowly but surely. As soon as you are involved in projects you start going to many meetings (for some people too many). You will communicate and coordinate across many different teams. You will learn a lot (or at least something) abou online payments and electronic payment types. More reason to work for PayPal: great company name on your resume, being a part of something so big is likely to make you feel good, meeting new, talented people. Overall PayPal is a great place to get away from the startup rush, settle down, start a family, have kids, remodel your house, etc. Things do intensify a little around the pre-release bug-fixing stage.

Minpunten

If you are an engineer (coder) you'll probably use about 20% of you skill set and your learning will be limited mostly to things that are very specific to PayPal. If you want to continue to innovate and learn new technologies you'll have to do it mostly on your free time. You can also take some classes offered by PayPal that are useless for the most part but you'll need them so that you can write about it in your self evaluation. As far as career advancement goes, you'll have to talk a lot with or without reason or purpose and stick your nose everywhere. In every meeting propose things that nobody will ever do, ask meaningless questions, give meaningless answers, build castles in the air - and you are golden! To be fair I must say that if you actually bust your ass doing YOUR job you may also get noticed but it's a much harder way and will take longer.

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5,0
15 mei 2026
Anonieme werknemer
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Good company to work for, good work life balance

Minpunten

They should have more developers than other titles.

2,0
13 apr 2026
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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.

Minpunten

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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