Laid off - Anonymous employee eBay Employee Review

1.0
7 Oct 2008
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Casual work environment and flexibility to set my own project goals. Ability to take time off as required to attend my children's extra curricular events and activities.

Cons

No job security, I was just laid off! Always hearing complaints from both buyers and sellers, you can't make anyone happy! Also hearing complaints from management and co-workers. Pretty much a lot of complaints from everyone right now.

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Cons

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3.0
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Pros

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.

Cons

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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