Worst place I've ever worked. Run from this company. - Anonymous employee eBay Employee Review

1.0
28 June 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Compensation is on par with other Silicon Valley tech companies. Work/life balance is reasonable.

Cons

No real strategy, just a bunch of unrelated features and services that release each year. Terribly matrixed with no alignment across teams. It's very common to be working o a project and then find out there is an entire team doing exactly what you are trying to do. No vertical career growth. Most opportunities are horizontal. Terrible culture. So much apathy. No one cares about the quality of what they are releasing. Mediocre results are not only tolerated, they are celebrated. Very poor middle management.

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5.0
2 June 2026
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Pros

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Cons

Sunday work can be challenging- due to daycare challenges, but ebay supports work/life balance so its not really a con

5.0
27 May 2026
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Pros

Good work, lots of AI experiments, AI innovation, latest tech stack, Co-workers are very co-operative and helpful. Most AI tools are still unlimited.

Cons

Some teams are over-working due to smaller teams as a result of recent layoffs. Office perks (like catered food, snacks) are dwindling every quarter even though company wants every employee to be 3 days a week in office. Company wants 80 percent code to be generated by AI but no clear guideline how to achieve that.

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