the sad truth...many good things about ebay, but perhaps more bad in terms of culture...just be aware - Anonymous employee eBay Employee Review

3.0
Nov 4, 2008
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Generally smart, high quality folks. User centric, business focused, very analytical, strategic, and results oriented. Interesting business, lots of opportunity to move around to different business units and internationally. Challenging work abounds. parity salary and bonus with other large silicon valley consumer internet companies. benefits ok

Cons

Extremely political organization. With many smart people...this sometimes happens, there are some who forget it's not just about their own achievement and success to the detriment of everything and anyone else. Strangely enough, saw very arbitrary behavior and decisions being made in this extremely "smart" organization. Rather counter-intuitive, but likely explained by the political nature of the company. Just be very aware of the environment if you join. Develop allies and network quickly in your first year. Your performance will not matter if you haven't done this well.

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5.0
Jun 2, 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
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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