The worst tools you'll ever work with - Software Engineer eBay Employee Review

1.0
Mar 14, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Brand recognition, legendary internet community, company makes an attempt to be green.

Cons

Ridiculous custom framework you must use. Outdated version control system. Developers don't seem to be interested in working with better/new tools. High stress environment, and deadlines that must be met or else. Truly crummy tools to work with, must restart the server for everything.

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5.0
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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

5.0
May 27, 2026
Recommend
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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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