Amazon vs PayPal

I wrote this comparison between Amazon and PayPal in 2014, but funnily enough, it might still be  almost accurate (but treat this with a huge degree of irony, please 🙂 )

Meeting style	Too many aggressively opinionated people	To many politely indecisive people
Attitude to PowerPoint	Only during your first two weeks and only by former consultants	Everywhere
Important to demonstrate to get hired	Bias for action, ownership, dive deep into details	Collaboration, tact, dive deep into details
How they view competition?	Do not obsess about   competitors, obsess about customers, even if you have to leave the money on the table	Compete fiercely, even if you have to leave the money on the table
Troubles in Europe	Tax and competition authorities, too low prices	Financial regulators, too high prices
Latest cool thing	Drones	Consumer credit
Attitude to budgeting	Think big, budget is an inspirational document	Think hedging, budget is an accounting document
How to motivate people?	Healthy competition among colleagues is the best motivator	Everyone should feel their opinion is important, collaboration is key
Comp & Ben	Very high proportion of RSUs	Balanced package
Company core	Technology, security and customer experience	Technology, security and customer