eBay reviews

4.0

74% would recommend to a friend

(5,671 total reviews)
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Jamie Iannone

80% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

eBay has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 5,671 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The eBay employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

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6K reviews
4.0
Jan 10, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Some things I like about being a product manager at eBay: - Culture: I generally like the culture; Collaborative, mean people are discouraged, I believe the leadership genuinely wants to help buyers and sellers; Lots of people have been here for many years; Global brand - Comp: Base salary is pretty good; RSUs are low compared to other companies (although stock price doubled); 5 year sabbatical is cool - Working / locations has gotten very flexible during the pandemic...nice - Trend towards managed verticals (sneakers, collectibles, motors, handbags, etc) is good - People who work for the local biz unit (i.e. UK, North America) report high job satisfaction and seem to have a good quality of life - Short term biz outlook: Good, lots of 'found money' from advertising and managed payments

Cons

Some things I don't like: - Shipping code: OMG things move so slowly; Lots of old legacy code - Operations: This company needs a COO to fix things; API dev sandbox doesn't work; Quarterly planning bureaucracy is ridiculous; Small changes require way too much discussion - Very poor diversity: Staff isn't representative of our buyers and sellers; There seems to be a huge bias in product and eng towards hiring people from India (usually by managers who are from India) - Many of the eng and product team don't use eBay and therefore don't understand customer needs - People who work in product and eng report lower job satisfaction (not terrible, but lower than local biz unit) indicative of work load + pain in shipping code - Product mgr turnover was high in 2021; Lots of people I know left - Long term biz outlook: We need more buyers...losing the youth market

1.0
Jan 6, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The ability to work from home.

Cons

The company constantly promises growth internally, including with pay. I have been promised a promotion 4 different times in a year with no differences. My performance has been praised, with nothing but a ‘nice’ to show for it. Very demotivating. When reaching out to management for questions or concerns, if you are lucky enough to get a response, it is often responded with a false promise to follow back up. They rave about their amazing benefits, when I have had much much better benefits at every other company I’ve worked for. I’ve never paid so much for Dr visits in my life. WITH insurance. They do not care about their employees, unless you are management and allow no sick leave without dipping into your paid time off. If you don’t have enough- they will put that in the negative before they just let you be sick, so your time away from work is minimal. Colleagues have had to miss their own fathers funeral due to this. Otherwise they would have lost their job. We also been promised for over a year that we would be able to change our schedule to a different shift start time or days you work, which is also has never come to fruition. This company has nothing positive to offer, aside from the work from home option.

3.0
Jun 17, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Great pay, benefits and culture. Most co-workers & management are nice and supportive. They really strive to encourage work/life balance. Company provides all hardware to work from home. They really invest in you.

Cons

The job itself was extremely un-organized and stressful, which results in a high turnover rate. You will take inbound calls, live chats and emails from unhappy/irate members in the US & abroad regarding the switch to Managed Payments from PayPal. You are expected to stay on top of constant changes/updates in policies and procedures on several different subjects/issues, and be able to navigate between several convoluted resources to find answers. Initial training is 6-7 weeks in a group, that feels like a fire hose of information. however, ongoing OTJ training and support is provided. Like any call center environment, you need to meet metrics. Some which are very difficult to control (like customer feedback/ratings). Very strict attendance/timekeeping policy. Constant IT/App issues make it very frustrating working from home. Inconsistent access to timely escalations guidance/support when on live calls and chats with customers with difficult issues (that affect your metrics). You are expected to stay available up to the very end of your shift, making it next to impossible to clock out on time, so overtime is pretty much expected. Schedules offered are to cover 24 hour support, so don't expect a normal M-F/9-5.

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eBay Response
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Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us. It's great to see that you felt invested in throughout your time with us at eBay. Sorry to hear that you were frustrated with your job itself, but we appreciate your thorough list of cons. We'll be sure to forward this on to the appropriate teams! If you have more to share, we'd love to hear it at glassdoorfeedback@ebay.com.
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