It's a wonder we get anything done - Marketing eBay Employee Review

2.0
29 July 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

-talented, smart people -pay & benefits are good (RSUs, etc...) -flexible environment makes it easy on working parents -good work/life balance majority of the time -forced rankings performance reviews are going away - great news!

Cons

-revolving door with management. both in terms of attrition as well as frequent re-orgs. this stifles career progression when you get a new manager every 10-mos. -a boys' club. very few women or minorities at the VP+ level. clear favoritism of the "guy's guy" especially in product management, product development, and verticals/deals teams. -lack of vision and purpose; management is disconnected from what employees truly want/value -post-layoffs that happened this past Jan, and then the subsequent reorgs, please are leaving in droves. it's a *really* depressing time to be here and see us on the brink of spiraling out of control.

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5.0
17 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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