Avoid it at all costs if you enjoy building software and ship things - werkgeversreview Software Engineer bij eBay

1,0
15 apr 2018
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Pluspunten

- Good benefits (4% 401k match, paid maternity/paternity leave, tuition assistance, ride sharing reimbursement, work from home) - Ok pay (Average base salary, 10% annual bonus, stocks) - Work-life balance - Most people are very helpful and easy to work with

Minpunten

- Boring projects, menial tasks, little freedom, too many processes. Don’t let the location trick you, eBay is not a Silicon Valley company - this is a horrible place to work at as a passionate developer who want to build and ship things. If you chose to be a developer because coding is your passion, you’ll absolutely hate this place. But you’ll love it if you care most about retirement and benefits. - There is no diversity in engineering teams, 90% percent of people are from the same country. Company is known as an H1-B shop. People say yes to everything, because almost everyone’s life literally depends on eBay - they have to stay at the company for 8+ years to get their residency. - Old tech stack. Some teams adopted newer tech stack but they still use eBay's own front end framework for some reason (Marko). It’s fun to work with, but no one will recognize it on your resume. If you are a full stack or front end developer this is worrying. - Risk-averse, slow moving, bureaucratic - If you want to leave before the one year mark they will ask you to pay the full amount of sign-on bonus including taxes.

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5,0
24 jun 2026
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Pluspunten

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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