Pros
Strong VP Exposure at least within Analytics and Finance. Regularly given opportunities to pitch to decision makers Data driven and mostly analytically competent company, so as an analyst great opportunity to design metrics The eBay brand/Alumni network is good in the jobs marketplace and when you decide to move on, it will help open doors for you Great salary, benefits one of the best in the Bay Area Wide variety of opportunities to choose from in terms of business domain Open to employee entrepreneurship; I run my own small business outside my day job
Cons
Talent is mediocre; which means that tech competence is basic within senior staff in a lot of cases Very poor accountability for actions, a lot of people are just cogs in the wheel, with no real contribution to the business, the numbers tell the story clearly A lot of people are not self starters or self managers and need a manager to run the show for them Low appetite for risk within my function, people are working for themselves and not the betterment of our buyers and sellers Very political environment, which is why a lot of great employees leave Fickle/fear based approach to strategy and no dogged determination to make key initiatives succeed Don't spend more than 5-6 years here, the valley has better opportunities