Was slipping but showing signs of improvement. - Staff Software Engineer eBay Employee Review

4.0
Jan 7, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Flexibility in working remotely and in schedule is great. Peer relationships with team members around the globe is really great. Compensation is just fine and the benefits and other perks are quite good.

Cons

Leadership has been lacking and growing worse for a couple of years now. While us "grunts" have enough background to know what needs to be done and usually do it, we still need a solid, evolving strategy. Too often it seems that we are still jumping from one thing to the next.

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5.0
May 17, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

good culture friendly people and good benefits

Cons

leadership direction politics tenured individuals who do not change their ways of working

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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