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3.9

74% would recommend to a friend

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Jamie Iannone

80% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

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2.0
Apr 27, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

* Big company * CEO has vision (but it will take years to change the engineering team culture) * People recognize it (Although they seem to be sad that you are working there and start asking why you are not working at Amazon) * Good work life balance * Some colleagues very helpful and knowledgable * Free breakfast

Cons

* They mostly hire average people. If you are above average, you will have a hard time growing. Your ideas get shot down, you get resistance from low performers. *Most senior people wont help you learn the process and tools and there is very less documentation about them. I believe this is a way to keep your seat: Do not write documentation so you cannot be replaced easily by a better engineer. *If you are average or below average you are in paradise. You will get promoted even if you just do minimal work but stay in the company. No incentive to care about the product, the code , or whatever you are doing. * They don't keep up with the technology at all. For almost every tool, they use a custom in-house built one which is 3x worse than an open source one everybody out there is using. * After spending years here you will learn almost nothing new because everything is custom made. It is only relevant if you stay at eBay. If you leave, that knowledge is not valid anywhere else. That is why senior engineers are trying to save their seats by politics and not allowing new engineers to learn. * To write one line of product code, you need to learn about 10 custom build frameworks which do not have API documentation. You just keep asking around, creating help tickets.

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eBay Response
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We appreciate your feedback. As a company that strives for a great work experience for all employees, we are sorry to hear of some of your experiences. We would like you to know that your feedback has been heard.
4.0
Apr 25, 2017

e2m

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great benefits - health insurance / 401k / awesome tuition reimbursement / shift bids. Free coke zero machines. Management tries to recognize agents for working hard, giving ice cream parties, treats, and competitions with prize rewards. Great job for a college student. Management can (at times) show investment in their employees, and take the time to really get to know someone and what makes them unique.

Cons

This happened in 2015, so it is stale information. However, in my time in one department, I spent 2 years in the same position. Management recognized my dedication, and knowledge of the company, and gave me more responsibilities, with a little taste of "the good life" I was moved to the 2nd floor, away from my colleagues, with no added pay. I was given an internship. I say good life because I went from taking call after call, to taking a few escalated calls a day, and even spent a good amount of down time shooting the breeze. Some weekends I only took two half hour calls, and sat around for the majority of my shift otherwise, while the 3rd floor took a lot of calls. The management team had better perks and rewards to recognize hard work. Management gave me that internship with the caveat that I should promote how well management treated my old colleagues on the 3rd floor. I was teased with an actual promotion for about 3 months, while I filled the role. I lead by example, and did my best to change the perception of management to a positive one. One day, I overheard a top manager implying a promise to give two other interns a full-time spot on the team one day, and soon after that my time was up. I got along well enough with the manager in question, but I didn't make the manager laugh like the other two agents. Favortism comes to mind, but that can be found at any job, so I'm not bitter about that - just being realistic. In the end, I was sent back to the 3rd floor, and was told to take on my old responsibilities (call after call) and just wait it out. Other agents went through this rotation, some made it, some did not. I've heard management changed since then, so this could be better.

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Thank you for taking the time to leave us a detailed review. As a company that strives to offer its employees with competitive benefits, we are glad to hear that you enjoyed the benefits you received as an employee. We are sorry to hear of your negative experience regarding management and would like to thank you for bringing it to our attention. Once again, thank you for your review.
3.0
Apr 24, 2017

Account Manager

Anonymous employee
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Pros

-competitive pay -good people -CEO- Devin is very passionate and has realistic expectations when it comes to the future of the company.

Cons

-Accountability continues to be a major issue. Working with cross functional teams is often one of the major setbacks of getting things done. Stop promoting people that don't deserve it just because they have been at the company for several years. Promotions need to be more based on merit and contributions. -Lack of transparency- There can be too many politics and people are often afraid of speaking up and being honest.

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