Started Great, Became Average - Software Developer eBay Employee Review

3.0
Jul 22, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Great colleagues, up to date technologies, hack week is fun and interesting.

Cons

Management from America has become more interfering and restrictive. Often not enough time allocated to improving projects until after things go wrong. This creates a lot of churn due to good developers feeling frustrated about working conditions. Overtime was not paid if you ended up called out and you were expected to be next to your phone 24/7 if you were on call.

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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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