Full of Potential But Go in With Eyes Wide Open - Manager eBay Employee Review

3.0
Oct 28, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

The people. My colleagues were trusted friends as well as respected co-workers. There are loads of talented people to learn from there. Also, the business is just plain fun. Since so many people make a living selling stuff on eBay, being a part of that can be incredibly rewarding. You feel like you're part of helping people - giving them tools to make their lives better.

Cons

Management changes strategy at least every six months if not more frequently, many functions are fundamentally under resourced creating situations where many employees are essentially set up to fail. While general attitudes towards work/life balance are good, resource constraints make the real practice of work/life balance nearly impossible for many teams. My dept. had a serious "butts in seats" mentality. Apparently, if they can't see you - you can't possibly be working productively.

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Cons

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5.0
May 27, 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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