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      Getting better - Senior Software Engineer eBay Employee Review

      5.0
      4 Oct 2013
      Senior software engineer
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Managers are generally very approachable. Great team work. Managers even code a lot; can directly help people to grow a lot. Encourage innovations and open source adoptions. Really large scale and challenging and interesting problems and projects.

      Cons

      Some teams are pretty busy. Goals are very aggressive. Work life balance is OK. Some projects should use simpler solutions. Employee levels are not bad; but really a big gap compared to facebook/google.

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      5.0
      17 May 2026
      Group product manager
      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 Jun 2026
      Software engineer
      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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