eBay Reviews

Pros

A lot of new hard problems to solve, a lot of new techonology to learn. And you can move to different groups.

Cons

Too many managers, too many re-org

Advice to Senior Management

With a long term strategy and execute it.

Pros

FUN PLACE TO WORK,Good support from Management,Good work place /work life balance is good.Pay and benefits are good

Cons

Promotions doesnt work in a proper way.There is no good growth opportunity for every one.Biased approach towards some

Pros

Great work atmosphere, wonderful and talented people

Cons

Company began outsourcing local workforce to save costs, lowered quality of service provided to members

Pros

Great people; meaningful work being done, overall compensation is competitive, there is time flexibility to a point.

Cons

Work/life balance is terrible due to long hours expected to get work done, promotions from within are sparse

Advice to Senior Management

Staff accordingly; work/life balance is not sustainable long-term

Pros

Ebay cares about employee professional development and success by providing employee with tons of training classes. The company is also open to idea generation.

Cons

There is also different opinion or idea popping up. People always go for the next hot company which offers more incentives.

Advice to Senior Management

Creativity is key to the success of a business. Supporting unconventional thinking would be a great way motivate employee's creativity.

Pros

Managers motivate a lot
work life balance is good
team outings are always wonderful every quarter
flexible work environment w

Cons

did not get a proper induction session
they give job to interns through CSC consultancy company, even if they are from premier institute

Pros

Soda, fun coworkers, stock options, good bonus if you work hard, good location, bagel day, nice buildings, You get a nice badge

Cons

Upper management makes horrible decisions without informing anyone. Supervisors don't know what they are doing half the time and try to get by without actually knowing. Not a good work life balance. They like to fire people without good reasons. Promotions are given to people based on who you know not what you know or how well you have done

Pros

Good work life balance.
Good compensation.
Interesting problems.

Cons

Lots of politics and fighting between different groups and from the same group. Management can't make the right call, and let the employee fight against each other. Decisions are made on maximize personal interest, not eBay interest.

Advice to Senior Management

Need to know who is telling the truth, who is lying.

Pros

Great people
Interesting projects
Good work/life balance (can work from home/etc)
Easy to mobilize within the company
Supportive if you would like to continue your education

Cons

Too many organizational changes that are disruptive with very poor execution.
Quality from DEV or PM's are not consistent across organization

Advice to Senior Management

Get input from all levels of the organization before making a huge organizational change. Though the concept may be great, you may be sacrificing efficiency and some great talent in the process with very little reward.
Listen to employees and get feedback.

Pros

work life balance
great and smart people

Cons

hard to get stuff done