Jan 29, 2016
Good company, lots of changes
Anonymous employee
eBay reviews
4.0
74% would recommend to a friend
Jamie Iannone
81% approve of CEO
65% positive business outlook
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2.0
Jan 14, 2016
Huge opportunity but execution difficulties abound
Current employee, more than 3 years
San Jose, CA
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CEO approval
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Pros
- Incredibly challenging problems across data science and customer experience. - Fantastic lateral mobility throughout the organization - Recent signs of life in HR policy. Very inclusive company across race and sexual orientation. - Real opportunity to change people's lives for the better. Buyers love us and sellers need us.
Cons
- Lack of vision and strategy at the executive level down. - Boil the ocean approach to 'big bet' efforts every year - Short institutional memory (we make the same mistakes over and over again) - Not a tech driven company - poor decision making especially among the ranks of senior leadership. - In recent years, constant reorgs and attrition throughout the ranks. - Very political across product teams.
3.0
Jan 10, 2016
Great purpose, good potential but needs to figure out future
Former employee, more than 5 years
San Jose, CA
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros
The culture at eBay is great and so is the purpose of the company - a place where anyone can buy or sell anything! Tremendous potential. Believes in developing employees, offering them big opportunities to prove their capabilities and also flexible culture in letting people make mistakes, acknowledging and then choosing a different path (this is special). Many people have been around a long time and have tremendous history and passion for its customers and business - a interest to do the right thing. Also lots of new people with viewpoints and expertise are blending well and trying to help educate and do the right thing at same time. Compensation is good (especially as you get promoted) and benefits are good.
Cons
Unfortunately company can't figure out what's next, lots of ideas, lots of enthusiasm amongst employees and senior leaders (HackWeek), but lacks discipline in execution to remain focused on a few significant things. A lot of peanut butter spread across different projects. Promotion opportunities are limited. Work life balance mixed, depends on the team that your on. The number of meetings can be tiring.
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