The place has potential but it's lost my faith. - werkgeversreview Software Engineer bij eBay

2,0
11 jun 2008
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Pluspunten

Tons of smart people, great benefits, nice physical environment. Customers really do love the product and let you know what you've done right and wrong. There are good chances to advance, if you like limiting yourself to company niches, and can hack no life outside of work.

Minpunten

eBay is the flagship brand, but the other companies (PayPal, especially) are the tugs that pull the big ass eBay tanker through the narrows to boost profitability. Everyone expects you to drink the eBay Kool-Aid, and look askance at you if you question the big fat rah-rah-rah. On the development side, there are WAY too many managers. The product development process if horribly inefficient. Schedules across groups and projects are continually out of sync. The audit trail is ridiculous - for every bit of code you touch or test, you have to fill out at least 3 checklists. There are more employees dedicated to tracking status than testing for many projects. This company works you to the bone, is cheap, pushes deadlines over quality and tries to do too much with too little. But the benefits are good.

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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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