Avoid the Search Teams like the plague ! - werkgeversreview Senior Software Engineer bij eBay

1,0
2 apr 2012
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Average benefits, average salary. Ok place to stick around if you're an average engineer and can't get into any top tier companies or startups. Reflected in the people working there..mostly people who've been there for 10 years, or fresh grads who didn't get a job anywhere else or VPs that have failed at microsoft or yahoo..

Minpunten

Avoid the search backend team..they have been working on a rewrite of the search engine for past 2 years and still haven't launched even a first version..All star engineers have been fired or been victims of internal politics. The management has brought in new VPs and management who are their friends but have no experience running a silicon valley company. The upper management/CTO are completely blind to this...amazing how they can't see that the ship is sinking as the key people are leaving and its being run by low-performing political jockies..

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5,0
24 jun 2026
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All good, love this company and this job

Minpunten

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

3,0
20 jun 2026
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Pluspunten

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.

Minpunten

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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