Lovely work environment BUT... - Anonymous employee eBay Employee Review

2.0
15 May 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Its a great place to work with friendly and welcoming colleagues across the board, almost makes you feel like family ; nice perks like free beverages, fruit and pastries, daily newspapers ; gym with personal trainers on site

Cons

Unfortunately eBay lacks a clear strategy, following too many different directions and is becoming even more bureaucratic than government institutions ; Projects are picked up and pushed forward under severe pressure from senior management only to be dropped six months later ; Sn management is only focussed on politics, whilst 'the people' have become the company's least important 'resource' ; Sn Management promotes employees who talk the most, not those with stellar performances ; Work-life balance no more, one can expect to work 50-60h per week

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5.0
17 May 2026
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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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