How safe is your job at PayPal?
Your Engineering job at PayPal in India has a risk score of 86/100 — elevated risk. That's riskier than 99% of the 68 tech companies we track.
The most recent reported layoff hit around 4,760 roles on May 5, 2026. 1 person has reported cuts here in the past 30 days.
Employee sentiment is alarmed right now — many are bracing for further cuts (based on 4 employee votes plus data signals).
Check the detailed report below for the full breakdown.
Current risk score
0 = safer outlook, 100 = higher layoff risk. Small figure = 7-day change.
Latest confirmed layoff
Confirmed May 5, 2026 · ~20% of staff · layoffs.fyi
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1 confirmed layoff event(s), 4,760 affected in last 180 days
4 of 4 employees voting nervous or panicked alongside confirmed cuts and 1 first-hand report
+10.9% in last 30d
Recent layoff events
Latest disclosed workforce actions affecting this company.
EPS
Est: $1.28
Revenue
EPS
Est: $1.27
Revenue
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PayPal layoff risk analysis
PayPal risk trend over the last 90 days
Across the last 83 days of scoring, PayPal's layoff risk climbed 6 points, moving from 80 on June 6, 2026 to 86 today. It peaked at 87 on August 23, 2026 and bottomed out at 48 on August 22, 2026, a 39-point spread over the period. That leaves PayPal in the high-risk band today, and the size of the swing means the current reading is worth re-checking weekly rather than treating as settled.
PayPal layoff history
PinkSlip has recorded 5 confirmed layoff events at PayPal, running from May 2022 to May 2026. Together they account for roughly 9,428 disclosed roles. Source: layoffs.fyi. Recent events weigh more than older ones — each decays on a half-life instead of dropping out on a fixed date — so the most recent filing on May 5, 2026 carries the most weight in today's score.
How PayPal compares to other tech employers
PayPal (PYPL) is a Payments company tracked as part of the NASDAQ-100 and currently scores 86 out of 100, where 0 is the safest reading and 100 the riskiest. That is riskier than 99% of the 68 tech employers PinkSlip tracks. Over the past week the score climbed 37 points, and over the past month it climbed 24 points.
What is driving the PayPal score
PayPal's current reading is supported from two independent directions: confirmed public filings, and 1 anonymous report submitted by people in the past 30 days. Agreement between a public record and first-hand accounts is the strongest configuration the model recognises. Absence of reports is deliberately not treated as evidence of safety — a quiet company and an unobserved one look identical in public data, so the model never discounts risk for silence alone. At this level the practical read is not "a layoff is coming" but "keep options warm": refresh your CV, keep your network active, and re-check this page weekly, since the score is recomputed every morning.
PayPal layoff risk — frequently asked questions
Has PayPal had layoffs recently?
PinkSlip has tracked 5 layoff events at PayPal in the past year, the latest on May 5, 2026, totalling roughly 9,428 disclosed roles. Undisclosed headcounts are excluded from that total, so treat it as a floor rather than a full count.
How is the PayPal layoff risk score calculated?
PinkSlip blends 10+ public data sources — historical layoff events, quarterly earnings, hiring and news signals, and anonymous crowd reports — into a single 0–100 layoff risk score. Signals are weighted by how predictive they have been historically, and each one decays on a half-life as it ages rather than expiring on a fixed date — so a layoff announced last month weighs roughly twice as much as the same layoff two months earlier, and fades out gradually instead of disappearing overnight.
How often does the PayPal risk score update?
Every day. An automated job re-scrapes the public sources each morning and recomputes every tracked company's score, so the 7-day movement shown above always compares against freshly ingested data. Quarterly earnings refresh on each company's own reporting schedule.
Where does PinkSlip's PayPal layoff data come from?
The layoff events listed above are sourced from layoffs.fyi. Across all companies PinkSlip aggregates state WARN notices, layoffs.fyi, quarterly earnings filings, and layoff coverage from major business and tech outlets. Everything is public data — no employer submissions, and no paywalled sources.