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      Cluelessness is killing the cash cow - Principal Software Engineer eBay Employee Review

      2.0
      4 Oct 2008
      Principal software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Good balance of work/life values; generous benefits; financially stable

      Cons

      Microscopic perspective on product development; little or no coordination across product teams; brittle, inflexible technology platform; Intellectual ghetto in product management, design, and development; Fat, bloated organization, overheavy with non-productive middle management; no cohereent division of responsibility; All tactics / no strategy.

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      5.0
      17 June 2026
      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Excellent benefits and nice office

      Cons

      Nothing that I know of

      5.0
      27 May 2026
      Software engineer ii
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      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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