Absolutely exhausting - Data Analyst 2 PayPal Employee Review

2.0
24 Jul 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Used to have a lot of good things to say prior to March 2024. Now, it's just good compensation and the option to apply to go remote if you live in another city (request may not be accepted)

Cons

After the layoffs, we've seen a huge increase in workload. Working long hours every single day. If I take a day off, I have to work double as there is no backup to rely on. To top that off, contact gaslighting by management saying "this is a one-person job". The amount of detail we are expected to go into clearly requires two people for a project if not more. All in all work-life balance has gone for a toss and we are under contact stress due to the fact that we're always on a tight deadline. Cannot catch a break. Sometimes feel like taking PTO for weeks on end to get away from it. Also, what is with data analysts and data scientists being made to implement strategy? Our job should be just making recommendations for improving strategy. Actual implementation should be assigned to another role/team. If it was easy to find other remote companies that paid as much, I would've resigned months back.

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5.0
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Pros

Good work life balance. Lot of opportunities to learn

Cons

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2.0
13 Apr 2026
Recommend
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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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