It's not as good as they make it out to be. - Anonymous employee eBay Employee Review

1.0
May 21, 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

They have great benefits and decent pay.

Cons

There is NO work/life balance, Metrics are EVERYTHING even when you are brand new to the floor. They will make you do jobs of other departments plus your own without explaining why they are making you do it, with little to no training with no pay increases or bonus ( normal training is usually 12 weeks). If you're looking to grow with the company it's all about who you know and no what you've done for the company, even if you're a top preformer. They give you a policy to enforce with customers but if you follow it and your customer gets mad you , you get counseling on what you should have done instead of what ebay trains you to do. So you are basically taking calls from a bunch of entitled people who will curse you out until you do what they want and you have to take it from the customers until you Manager (TL/Team Lead) decides to take over the call and only to just give the customer what they want. It's very much a thankless job .

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5.0
Jun 2, 2026
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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
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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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