eBay reviews

Company is slowly dying. It has only grown via adding more ads to its pages, relying on an increasingly difficult freemium business model that doesn’t translate well to app, small screen. Senior management/ the leadership team is in disarray, they don’t know what to do and are actively encouraging managers to fire ‘restructure’, targeting employees in local markets to reduce headcount. The Portland dev team will likely be the next to be axed. eBay openly mock and hate classifieds and accuse them of stealing their business in every all-hands - actual eBay where you pay a fee on goods sold. Facebook actively taking market share alongside app only players like Letgo.

• dysfunctional culture: people don't reply to emails, don't answer phones, don't show up for meetings even when their calendars show them available, etc. • much of mgmt focused on building empires, not great products...and decisions follow • while there are some good people, much has seen "bozo explosion" with folks that are apathetic / don't care / barely show up to pick up their paycheck. • little innovation • poor decision making process (Very reactive with frequent 180 degree direction changes) • insane amounts of technical debt • horrific HR policies that protect Directors and above at ALL cost. • most folks seem to arrive 10a and leave 3p (based on parking lot) - not sure if/how required work gets done