So disappointing - Anonymous employee eBay Employee Review

1.0
24 Feb 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Company has some great people and some nice perks as as well as (seemingly) laid back culture

Cons

* Management is incredibly short term focused (e.g. tricking existing Plus members into forgetting to cancel their renewal) and seem sto have no long term plan * Upper-management does not bother to share even with mid-level management their true plans * Company isn't doing well thanks to Amazon etc

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

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