Work here if you want to commit suicide - Software Engineer eBay Employee Review

1.0
Apr 6, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Compensation, Nothing else, Nothing else, Nothing else, Nothing else

Cons

I gave one star for the compensation, but eBay makes sure every penny you get paid is earned by you by draining you with work, without even letting you to finish your on boarding. I was asked to finish my on boarding training after business hours and was asked to provide an estimate on tickets on my first week at work. To summarize, toxic environment, bad work culture that doesn't care about employee's personal life, negative work life balance, discrimination, unnecessary escalations and design meetings everyday that run for hours and nothing productive during those hours wasting developer's time. Manager has no clue about any projects and only wants to finish the projects before the timeline cutting short the development process. Every manager wants to be a hero in this company by making the managees work extra hours day and night and during weekends, taking away time from family.

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