ebay had the potential to be the market leader but could never got it across the line - Anonymous employee eBay Employee Review

2.0
26 Jan 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Work colleagues, pay for what you do, location, benefits, free car park, on site gym

Cons

all about networking, doesnt matter if the person has the abilities to do the job, if manager likes you, you will go far. soul destroying to see. most of the supervisors have worked there way up, so lack the skill set to be people managers; no direction, change leadership team every 1-2 years and they change the vision and direction, so nothing ever really gets implemented. everything lead from US. act like they care what the European counterparts think, but they don't. career opportunities limited. turnover high due to this.

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eBay Response
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Thank you for your feedback. We are sorry to hear of your negative experiences in working with us. As we grow as a company, we will continually work towards making necessary improvements to ensure we meet the needs of our employees around the globe. Once again, thank you for your review.

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