eBay stuck in a wheel which goes round and round but never goes up :( - Senior Software Engineer eBay Employee Review

2.0
Aug 20, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

The brand is well recognized. The company is full of intelligent people to learn from. A good place to learn about how internet business works.

Cons

The middle management is very incompetent and totally screwed up. They are busy in too many useless meetings and keep dishing out BS to employees.Too much politics. Compensation here is lower than average. Promotions are given based more on politics than actual job performance. Bloated infrastructure and organization. Change is slow and by the time it happens is often outdated. Very few opportunities for career advancement.

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5.0
Jun 24, 2026
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Pros

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Cons

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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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