Big company with much politics. - Anonymous employee eBay Employee Review

3.0
29 Dec 2009
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

With so many projects going on at eBay, there is never a dull moment. Management is usually very flexible with working from home and offers great work-life balance. eBay offers quite a great benefits package with on-site gym, generous vacation hours, education assistance program. For some roles, there are lots of opportunity for business travel to outside of the US

Cons

Lots of re-organization that affects employee morale and negatively affect resources Too many different teams and groups within the company, often takes too long to get things done Difficult to get your voices heard within the company Lack of communication within the company about what's going on, what features are being built Old bad ideas just keep resurfacing Company just keeps adding new features on site without thinking about the big picture.

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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
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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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