eBay Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"Fun!"

What do you like about working at eBay?

"Challenging project."

What don't you like about working at eBay?

"On contract basis."

"Great place to work."

What do you like about working at eBay?

"Great environment, good people and technology."

What don't you like about working at eBay?

"Growth opportunity."

"Good people, overly political during my time."

"Not an excellent place to work."

What do you like about working at eBay?

"Name recognition."

What don't you like about working at eBay?

"Not people oriented."

"Directed onsite merchandising, marketing and campaign performance for eBay Fashion, Toys and Sports categories."

What do you like about working at eBay?

"Corporate culture."

What don't you like about working at eBay?

"Long hours."

"eBay is an excellent place to work. They try to advocate work/life balance; but there really isn't a balance."

"Good name to work for."

What do you like about working at eBay?

"Well known company and good pay."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"It's easy to get a job with no credentials."

What don't you like about working at eBay?

"Very poor upper management on the PayPal side. Especially marketing and product management. These groups are very slow to respond to industry advances, competitors and internal issues."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep an eye on your competition."

What do you like about working at eBay?

"Great teams and individuals to work with."

What don't you like about working at eBay?

"The IT department still is young and had growing pains in regards to processes."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Attempt to put together more solid process flow and structure."

"Review from Software engineer working with eBay for 4.5 years."

What do you like about working at eBay?

"It's a large complicated environment, so there are lots of challenges and lots of things can be learnt."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"People are very technical, so possess good technical skills and the right attitude, surely you will land there."

What don't you like about working at eBay?

"Sometimes work becomes too hectic so we need to sacrifice our personal time."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Reduce the work force, too many process and too many people slowing down things. Lot of unnecessary process has been built, now which cannot be changed."

"If there were no recession, this would be a great place to work."

What do you like about working at eBay?

"I was hired as a contractor to perform a build (out) of an existing data center. I learned a lot about working at an enterprise data center and gained some great experience. It was amazing to work with the best technology that was available on the market and it was a great feeling to work on such a well-known network as eBay's. The employees were treated very well and I enjoyed the occasional BBQ lunches that was provided for us. I learned a lot."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"I would say that the team concept is of the most importance and that if you can fit on the team you will be alright."

What don't you like about working at eBay?

"I had been working there for about six months when I was let go. I was a contractor but thought that I was going to continue on and become an employee. I was finishing an IT degree at the time so I'm not sure if I was chosen to be laid-off because of the nature of the economy but I was a little surprised. I would have appreciated getting a little more of a description."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I think the upper management were impressive and were able to resolve any problems that were to arise in the workplace, but the direct supervisors were not able to get upper management's directions to the rest of the team. Better communication skills are necessary for the success of the team. Because of the immediate nature of troubleshooting sometimes you have to make an educated guess. However it should be kept to a minimum."

"It's an okay place to hang. You won't make money, but good experience."

What do you like about working at eBay?

"Deal with very large databases and very high volume traffic."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Save it for the last."

What don't you like about working at eBay?

"Politics, less than industry standard salary, less room for career growth."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Retire."

"Awesome."

What do you like about working at eBay?

"Everything."

"Fast paced exciting work with some of the industry's top developers."

What do you like about working at eBay?

"They really know what they're doing, you stay on the edge of technology so you're always up on the latest tech. Friendly place with many after work activities."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Know what you're doing, they're thorough."

What don't you like about working at eBay?

"It was a temp job."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep up the good work."

"Great place to learn how to start your own business and work flexible hours."

What do you like about working at eBay?

"The ability to work with and meet people all over the globe."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be sure to read the user guides published about eBay so you know what to expect."

What don't you like about working at eBay?

"Being cheated by customers who received their product in good condition but manipulate eBay's system to keep the product without paying for it through a charge back."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Not much I would change except maybe a better feedback system to address fraudulent buyers."