BAD MIDDLE MANAGEMENT, incompetent directors and senior managers. - Senior Finance Manager eBay Employee Review

2.0
Jun 18, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

good time off days relative to industry, bonuses were good but now is deteoriating due to weakening profit and revenue growth, supports education upgrading

Cons

horrible management external recruits ! bad decisions by management to pay exorbitantly for Skype, lost most of the cash and long term value through bad acquisition decisions. Management largely incompetent but masks it by re-orgs and frequent powerpoint presentations via "ALL-HAND" meetings.

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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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