Fantastic environment, progression limited - Anonymous employee eBay Employee Review

3.0
11 Sept 2015
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Unbeatable river-side location in Richmond. Very close to high street with an excellent range of restaurants and food shops to suit all budgets. Certainly feels posh but not arrogant. People are extremely nice and most of them are very approachable. Depending on the team, people's backgrounds can be diverse. And if you're lucky, your role may allow you broad interaction with international folks and even travel!

Cons

Very top-heavy. Progression is very limited. Once you get in a at a certain (low) level, it's very hard to climb up. The same senior folks get promoted time after time and you see lots of really high-achieving individuals not recognised. Does make you wonder what they're doing about high departure rates of the best people. It's sad really. Lots of red tape. Lots of talk. Not much really done. The company tries to be innovative but unfortunately is always playing catch up with other American companies.

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5.0
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Pros

It is equivalent to winning the lottery for a dream job.

Cons

Sunday work can be challenging- due to daycare challenges, but ebay supports work/life balance so its not really a con

5.0
27 May 2026
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Pros

Good work, lots of AI experiments, AI innovation, latest tech stack, Co-workers are very co-operative and helpful. Most AI tools are still unlimited.

Cons

Some teams are over-working due to smaller teams as a result of recent layoffs. Office perks (like catered food, snacks) are dwindling every quarter even though company wants every employee to be 3 days a week in office. Company wants 80 percent code to be generated by AI but no clear guideline how to achieve that.

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