Great people, but culture and decision making are becoming unbearable - Senior Manager eBay Employee Review

3.0
Mar 5, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

There are still a number of real interesting challenges and new problems to solve, especially given the size of eBay. Depending on the team within eBay, there is still the abiility to make a significant impact on the business.

Cons

Communication from upper management is non existent, especially horrible in the face of layoffs and poor company performance. Priorities shift constantly and decisions are seemingly being made without logic and reason. Confusion is at an all time high, as processes are being dissolved to become more "nimble" but there is nothing to replace it- causing a free for all that grinds positive progress to a halt.

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5.0
May 17, 2026
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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
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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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