Pays well, but your career stops progressing - Anonymous employee eBay Employee Review

2.0
Aug 23, 2016
Anonymous employee
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Pros

ebay pays well and at a certain level you get a lot of stock.

Cons

Your career comes to a screeching halt. Many many people languish at the same level for years. Not because their performance is poor, ebay just doesn't believe in promoting people as a corporate philosophy. You have to reinvent the wheel or be the favorite of a Sr. Dir or VP. ROI is only relevant in the first case. Also, they will often move people to new roles after a short time (which indicates a lack of clear strategy) and then you are told you have only been in the role for a short while, so you aren't ready. Turnover in certain areas is 80%.

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Pros

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Cons

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

5.0
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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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