eBay doesn't know what its next chapter is - Finance Director eBay Employee Review

4.0
Sep 26, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The humanistic culture makes it a very pleasant place to work. I've never met so many nice people in all my life. People are good and all that. The business is very interesting and there are lots of challenging problems to solve and lots of data to throw against them. The people are smart and interesting. Work life balance isn't bad if you set boundaries.

Cons

The lack of long-term planning and frequent changes in direction spin the organization around like you wouldn't believe. This is still an immature company with immayure procosses. So much work is manual.

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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
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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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