Once a great company, now on the sunset boulevard... - Anonymous employee eBay Employee Review

3.0
10 Oct 2008
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Depending on the team, work/life balance can be fairly good.

Cons

Bureaucracy and politics - as in any other large company. You need to expect some resistance whenever you try to change any process. Things move slowly and you need to be very patience and very diplomatic. You need to be a great negotiator in order to get any brilliant idea you may have across. Promotions are granted as if you were in the military: it doesn't matter what you did - you need to patiently wait for your turn.

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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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