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Employees & Culture

Our employees are central to advancing our mission to revolutionize commerce and create value for our stakeholders. We believe that investing in our global workforce is crucial for the sustained success of our business and strive to continue fostering a workplace that serves and empowers all our people to do the best work of their lives.

About Us • How We Work • Employees & Culture
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Learning & Development

At PayPal, we embrace a growth mindset and seek to learn continuously. A growth mindset is the belief that we can develop our core capabilities, that failure is an opportunity to grow, that we can learn anything we want, and that feedback is a gift.

Our approach to learning and development focuses on opportunities that create business impact, improve team performance, and enable professional career growth. In addition to self-paced learning modules, we offer career development programs that help all employees build their skillsets and advance their careers.

Employee Total Wellness

Wellness is one of PayPal’s core values, and we offer programs and benefits that support each employee’s financial, mental, and physical health. We seek to create a flexible, balanced work culture and take a holistic approach to leave and benefits, which include parental preparedness resources, and a paid sabbatical every five years. PayPal’s Wellness Ambassadors also promote and educate our community on available benefits and resources, such as free online wellness coaching and mental and emotional health support through our Employee Assistance Program.

Our robust financial wellness offerings, including training and one-on-one sessions with financial planning professionals, allow our employees to be prepared for the future while also protecting them financially today.

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Empowering Employee Giving & Community Impact

We have an important role to play in contributing to strong, inclusive communities in the places where we live and work. Our employees share this vision and are passionate about serving their local community.

Our PayPal Community Impact program provides a point of connection, inspiration, and learning for our employees globally, further connecting them to our mission. The program also enables employees to foster stronger relationships with local communities through volunteering, grantmaking, and other activities. Each employee can have their volunteer time and donations matched by PayPal up to $2,500 annually.  

Culture of Belonging

At PayPal, we are committed to fostering an inclusive environment that cultivates belonging and enables all employees to thrive as their authentic selves, driving collaboration and innovation as we develop products and services to meet the needs of our diverse customer base.

We encourage and develop strong communities that bring people together in fulfilling ways. Our eight Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) serve a critical role in nurturing a sense of community and belonging, supporting talent recruitment and retention, and furthering our Belonging strategy. They also create opportunities for employees to make deeper connections across our global network. We are continuing to evolve our ERGs to support our business initiatives, while fostering a culture of belonging.

Culture of Belonging
Aliados Latin American @PayPal

Enhancing visibility, recruitment, and advancement of Latin American employees across global PayPal sites through outreach, digital inclusivity, and education.

Amplify Black Employees @PayPal

Offering professional development, networking, and mentorship opportunities for the advancement of Black employees.

Believe Interfaith @PayPal

A forum to celebrate all faiths and worldviews, fostering awareness, and creating a welcoming and safe environment for employees to bring their whole selves to work.

Pride LGBTQ+ @PayPal

Supporting and celebrating the vibrant community of LGBTQ+ employees, and raising awareness of the unique needs of LGBTQ+ customers.

Rise Pan Asian @PayPal

Empowering our Pan-Asian employees to rise and realize their full potential, uniting our community, and impacting other communities worldwide.

Serve Veterans @PayPal

Illuminating how former military experience serves to enrich us all by attracting and mentoring top veteran talent and inspiring a spirit of service in us all.

Thrive Disability community @PayPal

Fostering a culture of belonging for employees with visible or invisible disabilities, employees who support loved ones with disabilities, and equity for disability communities as a whole.

Unity Women and Allies @PayPal

Our community of women and allies drives positive culture change to achieve gender equity through education, communication, community-building, active allyship, internal collaboration, and product development.

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Workplace Recognition

We have been recognized with many notable awards that highlight our efforts to build a more inclusive workplace and world. Some recent accolades include:

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