Not all it seems - Content Writer eBay Employee Review

2.0
Jul 20, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Engaging work, decent pay, fellowship among contractors

Cons

When I first took the position I was warned by friends that eBay was chaotic and political, and I was warned by contractors there that you need to watch your back and save everything. At first all seemed fine. People were nice, use lots of nice words, like "reach out to so and so," or "good question," or "no problem." But behind the nice words, managers and leads talk among themselves like the game telephone, but don't coach employees or listen to their part of an issue, then make big decisions based on communication amongst themselves. . New policies and processes were created without input from those on the front lines. Process learning was sporadic and employees often weren't sure of what their responsibility was in the process. Management is too overworked to respond well. Cross-functional work was overly challenging because questions are unanswered or answered cryptically.

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Cons

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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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