Pros
People are super smart and there are a lot of great ideas generated when everyone gets together. The eBay brand is still admired by many outside the company, and it's known as a place that recruits top talent. Not sure if that's necessarily as true as it used to be, but I certainly value the contacts I've made there more than at other places I've worked.
Cons
People are super smart, so there can be a lot f political backbiting and indecision when there are too many ideas on the table.
Advice to Senior Management
Leadership needs to manage its managers more carefully. A slightly more directive style might benefit the organization, so you don't have 3 groups all working on the same thing.
Great co-workers and friendly environment.
Cons
Poor communication from top management
Advice to Senior Management
Too much time and effort put into projects that don't have impact. Focus resources on the few big rocks that really do matter.
Pros
Values employees opinions
Good work life balance
Good work life balance
Cons
Execution on large projects needs improvement.
Advice to Senior Management
Focus more on getting things done the right way, instead of pushing product that isn't quite ready. Can't continue to "build the plane while we're flying it".
Pros
The people are great for the most part, and the work life balance is fantastic! The quality of your management is a crapshoot, lots of smart people but not always great people managers.
Cons
The organization is dysfunctional and wastes a ton of time and resources every year in reorgs and politics. The company is only productive 6 months out of the year at best.
Advice to Senior Management
Spend less time doubting your strategy every 3 months and put more emphasis on execution and give it time to succeed or fail instead of pulling the plug halfway through.
Pros
Smart people with good attitude
Cons
Can be quite hectic at times.
Advice to Senior Management
Listen more. Put more thought into over all vision.
Pros
plenty of resources at your disposal and everyone is ready to help. The freedom to accomplish your tasks the way you want to, while having supervisors ready and willing to aid you in your work.
Cons
a lot of bureaucracy to get things done. Overemphasis on meetings. Need to have a meeting for every little thing
Advice to Senior Management
allow for slightly more leeway in decision making, and offer more training to new hires. especially on the semantics involved with the day to day job
Pros
eBay the brand name. i think most people get carried away by this, but there is nothing more to it.
Cons
no work life balance. no appreciation for work. destroys your skillset. no new technoligies. eBay framework that make it very difficult to work. no career path.
Advice to Senior Management
before trying to do innovation try to get the basic things right. site is very complex and you are making it worse. lear to value people.
Pros
The people for the most part are cool.
Cons
Too many middle managers. Lack of promotions or raises. Too many reorgs.
Advice to Senior Management
Reward people for their work, not their connections the perks was very good ; lots of smart people; very interesting projects; fun environment; stable environment with very little turn over
Cons
low pay and no sense of direction from mid managers; office politic can prevent upward promotion; can over work difference makers
Advice to Senior Management
better incentive program; train mid managers to communicate better with direct reports; boost morale with better off site activity; feels like an old company
can test out many career paths by transferring internally
work/life balance is better than average
work/life balance is better than average
Cons
pedestrian caliber of people, you will not be impressed by your co-workers
lack of clear vision from the management team on how to revive business can be frustrating
periodic layoffs are a threat
lack of clear vision from the management team on how to revive business can be frustrating
periodic layoffs are a threat
Advice to Senior Management
Stop outsourcing so much, at the end of the day it is not cheaper if it takes 5 times as long.
Empower agile development, current model is just too slow
Empower agile development, current model is just too slow
Pros
Management team of the very best out there. Synergy in between teams could improve, as well as balance of tasks.
Cons
Not everyone gets a picture of why things are being done although having said that they are open to listening when you have an issue.
Advice to Senior Management
I think the overall change in business model although a good move could have done being made a while ago.
Pros
Good benefits. Some good people, if you're looking for friends. It's not a fun place to work, but there are fun people who work there if you want to expand your social circle.
Cons
Don't expect to be listened to or treated like a human being. You are simply there to answer calls and if you're unhappy, you're replaceable in this economy.
Advice to Senior Management
Stop mistreating people and start listening. Ever since you decided to put the customer first, you've been putting the employees last. There needs to be more balance. You need to give your employees a reason to be good employees. Happy employees make happy phone calls and thus happy members. Give us a reason to care about the members rather than treating us like peons.
Disclaimer-
These views are not works of fiction, but are actual views posted by eBay employees of past or present on a job portal.
Courtesy- http://www.glassdoor.com/
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