Worst place I've ever worked. Run from this company. - Anonymous employee eBay Employee Review

1.0
Jun 28, 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Compensation is on par with other Silicon Valley tech companies. Work/life balance is reasonable.

Cons

No real strategy, just a bunch of unrelated features and services that release each year. Terribly matrixed with no alignment across teams. It's very common to be working o a project and then find out there is an entire team doing exactly what you are trying to do. No vertical career growth. Most opportunities are horizontal. Terrible culture. So much apathy. No one cares about the quality of what they are releasing. Mediocre results are not only tolerated, they are celebrated. Very poor middle management.

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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
Jun 20, 2026
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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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