Management is extremely bad!!! - Software Engineer III PayPal Employee Review

1.0
11 Dec 2013
Recommend
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Pros

* The people doing the real work are great! Everybody wants to get work done and people get along well. * Good pay.

Cons

* Management is horrible!! The managers stay here forever since nobody else will hire them. They only manage up and make numbers look good for senior management. * The managers here get paid very well and make working very difficult instead of enabling their teams to work better.

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5.0
15 Dec 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Challenging problems, solid engineering standards, collaborative teams, exposure to modern technologies, opportunities to work on impactful systems

Cons

Contract roles have limited long-term visibility, onboarding can be fast-paced, documentation varies across teams, priorities can shift quickly

2.0
26 Jun 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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