eBay has an interesting mix of issues and opportunities. - Principal Software Engineer eBay Employee Review

3.0
Jul 22, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

* Never a shortage of projects to keep you busy * Structured environment in which to grow skills * Do you like scale? We've got it. * Clear career path and opportunities if you are good at what leadership cares about * Decent benefits and fair compensation * Work/Life balance was a theme coming from leadership a while back. If you are very careful managing your time, you can have a life most of the time

Cons

* No broadly accepted vision or strategy for the company * Executive management not in touch with day to day realities * Sometimes tense relationship between product management and development

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5.0
Jun 24, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

All good, love this company and this job

Cons

No, everything's just nice. I love the company

3.0
Jun 20, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

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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