Great money, no work-life balance - Anonymous employee eBay Employee Review

1.0
17 May 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Very nice salary, free food on Wednesday, remote Fridays

Cons

Culture exists only on paper, be ready for olitics, people deal with each other in the background, not transparent, vertical hierarchy, days full of meetings but results should be shipped, GOSSIPING, unprofessional behaviour of some top PM team members, and guess what - cakes and sugar every day. I didn't mention commute as it the smallest of the issues there.

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5.0
17 May 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
20 June 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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