The Power of Three / People are Basically Good / Windorphines ('Nuff said). - Senior Manager eBay Employee Review

1.0
Sep 21, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

The multicultural environment is great, and people do gain valuable insight into their respective areas of expertise. My department is staffed by wonderful, hardworking, intelligent people.

Cons

1. Disorganization 2. Shifting Priorities 3. Leadership that consumed too much of its own Koolaide and can't see reality. 4. The cost of living in the Bay area, is too high for the salaries and benefits to make working for eBay a serious long term proposition.

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5.0
May 17, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

good culture friendly people and good benefits

Cons

leadership direction politics tenured individuals who do not change their ways of working

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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