Poor management - Anonymous employee eBay Employee Review

1.0
Nov 21, 2012
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great place for management trainees (sucks for developers). Most teams have no work or too much work. Big company. Get to meet all shades of characters.

Cons

In 14 years of IT I have never come across more egotistical management. Managers have no clue what they are talking about and you being a slave have no authority to question them. Top it off with really bad office politics. As one manager from Google once told me they have very little respect for developers with Ebay on their resume. You start each day thinking it could not get any worse and then the "smart" manager just raises the stupidity bar to a whole new level. I can barely control my laughter thinking about what all I have seen and heard. Need proof? Most of the good reviews on Glassdoor are all from managers (this is a management hell hole if you know what I am saying ;) ). This is the first time in my life that I have really felt the urge to write a review. A very well deserved review.

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