Great place to get experience and learn about politics. - Anonymous employee eBay Employee Review

3.0
Jun 11, 2008
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

You'll learn from the market leader in eCommerce, auctions, online payments, classifieds and VOIP communications

Cons

You'll be worked very hard - eBay is known for working their employees to submission. The salary/bonus and perks compensation is not par with industry in Silicon Valley either. Many people leave eBay for Yahoo, Google or comparable sized companies and instantly get a 20% bump in their salary, usually for a lateral job. Job titles are inconsistent here, often deflated. It's hard to get promoted. Politics is terrible too, and management isn't stongly versed in new trends on the internet. Technologists don't get much respect or say in things because management doesn't understand it. Truly old company management.

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Pros

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Cons

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5.0
May 27, 2026
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Pros

Good work, lots of AI experiments, AI innovation, latest tech stack, Co-workers are very co-operative and helpful. Most AI tools are still unlimited.

Cons

Some teams are over-working due to smaller teams as a result of recent layoffs. Office perks (like catered food, snacks) are dwindling every quarter even though company wants every employee to be 3 days a week in office. Company wants 80 percent code to be generated by AI but no clear guideline how to achieve that.

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