Terrible experience - Manager eBay Employee Review

1.0
Apr 30, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Very easy life, not much work to do

Cons

- Not a good place to work at all - Had a terrible boss, who made my life miserable. Despite complaining, his superiors refused to do anything about him. - Other people around the company also arent really good to work with - not a great culture - Lot of people have quit out of frustration - They lied to me during my recruitment interview - about position & compensation - Frequent layoffs happening around the company - Management has no idea what to do with competition - Uncertain future: eBay Inc may sell it soon - no one has any idea - Very political environment - everyone is just looking to get one-up on each other - Lot of people making themselves out to be more than what they are - than getting real work done

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Cons

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