Good for the unambitious - Software Engineer eBay Employee Review

3.0
Jul 23, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Really good work/life balance If you want to work somewhere from 10 to 5, have frequent days off, don't need to learn anything new, and complete 2 things in an entire year, this is the place for you.

Cons

Tech stack is atrocious Politics of a large company Lack of credibility of higher management Legacy Java stack with domain specific reinventions of open source libraries that are worse in every way. Attempts to improve the stack get lip service but no competent infrastructure support. There is no serious movement to update the stack and fix things. New libraries and wrappers are written to interface with broken and disfunctional legacy systems so even using the new stack doesn't actually increase code productivity. Almost all of the smart engineers have left or are leaving so you won't get significant mentorship. As a junior engineer I am actually reverse mentoring senior engineers, architecting the entire project, and implementing a supermajority of everything on my project! Also promotions and wages aren't matching what startups are offering to pay now. Due to constant reorgs promotions are hard to come by while less qualified individuals get hired at higher ranks due to age. Something which would take you 2 days to complete takes 2+months at ebay due to the stack and process.

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Pros

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Cons

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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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