Short-term gain over long-term growth leads to neither. - Counsel eBay Employee Review

3.0
Nov 17, 2008
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Pros

eBay's work - life balance is good. The pay is reasonable for what the job entails (although somewhat scanty for such an expensive part of the country). Benefits and perks are acceptable. It's easy to take a vacation when you want. In short, eBay is not a bad place to find yourself for a few years. It looks good on the resume, and can lead to better things elsewhere.

Cons

Company has no clear direction for future. Turnaround efforts seem ill-thought out. Great ideas are poorly funded, and so poorly executed. Too much focus on short- term gain at the expense of long -term growth. On a personal level, no real support for continuing education, growth opportunities, making connections and participating outside the office. Belief that travel to conferences and such is not necessary because "anything important happens in the bay area."

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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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