Overall good place to work, lots of long timers, relatively low turnover, good friendly people - Manager eBay Employee Review

4.0
Nov 14, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Open and collaborative environment Currently growing by riding the mobile wave Encouraged to innovate and take one's own initiative Good work life balance - very few people working the weekends

Cons

As with any corporation - politics. Managers who shouldn't be managers, but once there no one removes them, but rather tries to grow them at the expense of direct reports Maybe not a con, but lots of reorgs to increase innovation and shake things up. You won't have the same manager for more than year (maybe a good thing) For an established company it appears that Sr. Mgmt still can't find the right compass heading

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5.0
May 17, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

good culture friendly people and good benefits

Cons

leadership direction politics tenured individuals who do not change their ways of working

3.0
Jun 20, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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