Mixed – strong company, but reactive and chaotic leadership culture. - Senior Product Manager eBay Employee Review

3.0
May 5, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

- Interesting, high-scale product problems with real impact - Talented and generally friendly colleagues - Opportunity to work on global systems and multi-market challenges - Good brand and learning exposure

Cons

- Team-level organisation was weak, with unclear processes and inconsistent ways of working. Poor calendar management, lots of out-of-hours calls as the norm (lots of work in Seattle timezone) - Limited leadership and direction within the immediate team, especially as it scaled across time zones - Expectations were high but not always aligned with how the team operated day-to-day - Low psychological safety made it harder to ask questions, learn, or challenge decisions. Other great employees fired without explanation. - Onboarding and standard company practices were not consistently followed

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5.0
Jun 2, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

It is equivalent to winning the lottery for a dream job.

Cons

Sunday work can be challenging- due to daycare challenges, but ebay supports work/life balance so its not really a con

3.0
Jun 20, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Relaxing culture. family first. Stock performance is generally good for the recent two years and huge benefit if you're eligible for ESPP. Stable product with large customer base means you get opportunity to work on project with real impact.

Cons

1. Blind push for AI and leadership expect unrealistic efficiency improvement 2. Layoff every year in Feb (2024, 2025, 2026) and sometimes can feel the tension in team 3. Legacy tech stack with isolated and fragile infrastructure. Developer friction is a real pain. You get random infra down every once a while and internal support becomes even worse since they started offshoring to LCOL area in 2025. 4. Hiring freeze in San Jose... just expect more layoff coming up + frequent meetings at night / early morning across regions

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