Great mission, kind people, in transition - Anonymous employee eBay Employee Review

3.0
11 Sept 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Colleagues are dedicated to eBay. They believe in it's mission and what we contribute to the world. There will always be a place in the world for eBay and no one has challenged it's core peer to peer platform and "shared purpose" values. If you want to do something at eBay, you can create it, you can learn it and you can go get it. Work life balance is good here so you can do your job and whatever else it is that you want to do, whether it's spending time with your family, taking classes, or working on a side project, etc.

Cons

eBay is currently going through a transition. We are in some ways getting beat up in the marketplace and executives are trying to figure out what to prioritize and how to execute. I think it will be a while before things settle down. We have amazing data scientists and incredible amounts of data but not enough data analysts to really make informed decisions. There are so many gut decisions. Lastly, career development needs a lot of improvement. Professional growth is illusive and very political.

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Pros

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Cons

leadership direction politics tenured individuals who do not change their ways of working

3.0
20 Jun 2026
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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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