eBay is still a great place to work, if you can deal with the challenges. - Category Manager eBay Employee Review

3.0
May 16, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Smart, motivated, talented, passionate high caliber people. Decent work life balance (although that is rapidly deteriorating in my particular department). Multiple opportunities to work on very interesting things.

Cons

eBay has some very poor quality people managers in the middle that can destroy morale. Promotions and recognition are not always handed out fairly. Turnover is very high (always has been) so there is no institutional memory. The culture can be very passive aggressive. Stock options are basically worthless.

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5.0
Jun 24, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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
Business Outlook

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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