Good WLB - Software Engineer eBay Employee Review

4.0
Aug 15, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

As the title says work-life balance was pretty good, company culture is geared towards employee welfare, flexibility to work on some open source technologies based on the team, compensation is not bad but not over the top.Not too strict about scrum or processes so more time to spend on development.

Cons

Promotions are random and no clear path with few levels to grow. Old timers in the company coasting for too long with some recent attrition but definitely needs more new and young talent to join. Work can get easy going and not so motivating after a while. Low morale on turning over the company to appeal to MZ generation of users.

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5.0
Jun 24, 2026
Recommend
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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
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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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