Front End Risk Associate Job Review - Risk Associate eBay Employee Review

3.0
Jan 23, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Major sense of "community spirit", Throw great parties, food are highly discounted and cheap.

Cons

You will be looked at funny if you decide not to participate in group social activities. Double standards from team meetings and to what is actually been done on the floor. If you need help, managers always seem to be in a"meeting" Definitely need to be brown nosing Team Leaders to get requests approved and time offs, groups are very clicky - you're either in the "fun and sociable" group or people won't make the effort to talk to you. Definitely do not get paid enough to take the amount of abuse I got over the phone. The "3 warning" system is flawed. If someone is calling you all sorts or being patronising or mentally abusive, you should just be able to end the call or escalate straight away. Once, I saw a friend of mine over the phone, cried her eyes out because she was being abused by a caller she was handling, the agent started sobbing over the phone and a team leader present at the time just looked on instead of taking over the call. How we are being rated is also a bit unfair - surveys from the calls are poor and not a true representation of work ethic.

Explore other reviews about eBay

5.0
Jun 2, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

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
CEO approval
Business Outlook

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

See reviews by: Helpful|Rating|Date|All