Status quo rocks! - Director, Half.com & Media eBay Employee Review

1.0
Mar 14, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

My pay here is better than any of the offers that I have received recently. The business model is unstoppable due to network effects. The best talent come here. Harvard MBAs are well represented. Upper management is making the site more professional and less like a flea market. I don't have to pay attention to whiny small sellers complaints anymore.

Cons

The stock has not performed well recently. Stock options with strike prices are a thing of the past. We are getting restricted stock instead. There is a silver lining -- stock appreciation isn't as important as it once was. Some uppity new hires come into the company with all of these ideas and think they know better than management. We get them in line soon enough though.

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Pros

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Cons

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5.0
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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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