The stagnation of a company. - Anonymous employee eBay Employee Review

2.0
Jul 22, 2008
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Looks good on a resume, compensation is reasonable, benefits are good part of a well known respectable global organization. There are some really smart people at eBay and as a result there is the potential to learn a great deal.

Cons

Company has had no momentum in the past 4 years. Its bureaucratic, bloated, slow moving, and all within a stale, stiff and unmotivated culture. Many of the people who are in upper management have been there forever and have never had any challenge growing eBay in the past. Now that eBay has stopped growing they are unsure how to move forward.

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Pros

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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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