Pros: Work-life balance for most of the engineering organization. Relatively more focused on producing results compared to other tech companies. Reasonable investment in technology, so there are interesting roles for technologists who also want to stay close to tech applications.

Cons: Like many large organizations, bureaucratic processes slow things down.

Pros: A good place to learn about the eCommerce business, as well as technical know-how in Java/J2EE technologies. * A good benefits package. * Mobile teams are set for defining the future.

Cons: Highly political environment. To succeed, it is more about who you know than what you did. The Testing Org needs a major overhaul. Resources are never allocated on time for critical projects; there is never enough budget, mysteriously, as the Org keeps getting top-heavy, stressing the entire team. This is not the place for top talent. Too much stress. The average QA/QE Tester works late nights and weekends to make up for bad decisions made in the management chain, making it hard to recommend this company to top talent. Promotions to deserving employees are delayed, resulting in avoidable attrition.

Pros: Pay is okay, not great, but not bad. Culture and peers are generally nice to work with. Some very smart people, in select groups. Some interesting products in terms of development of the eBay site.

Cons: Outsource too much. Hire a lot of people who are not creative, just to get the project done. Very little focus on the stability of the system and the quality of code. Very, very, very bad build and release system, all built in-house. Business units change their minds very often as to what they want, making for very low-quality sites.