Unique place to work at. - Anonymous employee eBay Employee Review

4.0
Dec 28, 2008
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

From a technical point of view, it's difficult to get similar experience in terms of scale of operations anywhere else. You have to deal with issues of scalability and complexity of flows that are pretty much unique in the industry.

Cons

Most of the knowledge of the complex systems are pretty tribal.

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5.0
Mar 28, 2026
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Pros

Flexible and intuitive to use

Cons

Buyers always get prioritized with no full comp to sellers

3.0
Jun 20, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Relaxing culture. family first. Stock performance is generally good for the recent two years and huge benefit if you're eligible for ESPP. Stable product with large customer base means you get opportunity to work on project with real impact.

Cons

1. Blind push for AI and leadership expect unrealistic efficiency improvement 2. Layoff every year in Feb (2024, 2025, 2026) and sometimes can feel the tension in team 3. Legacy tech stack with isolated and fragile infrastructure. Developer friction is a real pain. You get random infra down every once a while and internal support becomes even worse since they started offshoring to LCOL area in 2025. 4. Hiring freeze in San Jose... just expect more layoff coming up + frequent meetings at night / early morning across regions

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