Relaxed but Unimpressive workplace - Software Engineer III eBay Employee Review

2.0
23 Jun 2008
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Pros

Pretty relaxed in general. All engineering time is well documented preventing situations where engineers need to work a significant amount of overtime.

Cons

The process is very rigid there, slowing down progress. As a result, people are essentially unable to make individual contributions in their free time not explicitly planned or documented as part of a project.

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5.0
17 May 2026
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Pros

good culture friendly people and good benefits

Cons

leadership direction politics tenured individuals who do not change their ways of working

5.0
27 May 2026
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Pros

Good work, lots of AI experiments, AI innovation, latest tech stack, Co-workers are very co-operative and helpful. Most AI tools are still unlimited.

Cons

Some teams are over-working due to smaller teams as a result of recent layoffs. Office perks (like catered food, snacks) are dwindling every quarter even though company wants every employee to be 3 days a week in office. Company wants 80 percent code to be generated by AI but no clear guideline how to achieve that.

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