eBay Software Developer reviews

A better work-life balance atmosphere would be beneficial. Due to the large nature of the organization, decision making takes a long time as you have to go through a lot of red tape. Company seems to be more reactive than proactive, always trying to catch up with competition as opposed to setting trends.

eBay is the flagship brand, but the other companies (PayPal, especially) are the tugs that pull the big ass eBay tanker through the narrows to boost profitability. Everyone expects you to drink the eBay Kool-Aid, and look askance at you if you question the big fat rah-rah-rah. On the development side, there are WAY too many managers. The product development process if horribly inefficient. Schedules across groups and projects are continually out of sync. The audit trail is ridiculous - for every bit of code you touch or test, you have to fill out at least 3 checklists. There are more employees dedicated to tracking status than testing for many projects. This company works you to the bone, is cheap, pushes deadlines over quality and tries to do too much with too little. But the benefits are good.