great place to work, esp if you are in Paypal or Skype divisions - Senior Product Manager eBay Employee Review

4.0
Jun 11, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

great company, has strong assets - ebay, paypal, skype, stubhub, stumpleupon - they encourage job rotation every 11 months. so there are people who moved from ebay to paypal to other parts. within each company, people have moved one division to another, one role to another - they have missed the list of top companies to work for in teh recent past, but last year they made it they have sabbatical concept, if you are 5 years, you can take off for 6 weeks paid vacation they introduced RSUs since last year, this is another great asset

Cons

loosing it competitiveness response to competition was not swift, becoming old fashioned monolithic they is some sense of insecurity all over, largely because the stock is not doing very well.

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5.0
Jun 24, 2026
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Pros

All good, love this company and this job

Cons

No, everything's just nice. I love the company

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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