Optimized for engineering - Anonymous employee eBay Employee Review

3.0
20 Dec 2009
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Work with smart and motivated people (for the most part) Work on a product used by millions

Cons

Projects optimized to keep engineering resources fully utilized. Although important, this often lead to poor decision-making. Poor choice of projects, management can't seem to understand or keep up with the changing marketplace

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5.0
2 Jun 2026
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Pros

It is equivalent to winning the lottery for a dream job.

Cons

Sunday work can be challenging- due to daycare challenges, but ebay supports work/life balance so its not really a con

5.0
27 May 2026
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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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