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A Few Words About eBay

Engineering Manager
Former Employee
Worked at eBay for less than 1 year
January 26, 2009
San Jose, California
4.0
Doesn't RecommendDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

Great engineers to learn from, technical challenges because of huge web traffic.

Cons

Lack of true leaders in senior management; Bloated management hierarchy; A lot of senior management is very occupied with their own career and their compensation and seems to be ignoring their job: take care of the company and people they are supposed to manage; Lack of strategic vision; Lack of interest from top-level management in technology; Inability of the top management to leverage one of the biggest assets the company has: good, skillful people who built the eBay site.

Advice to Management

Make a much leaner management structure and think strategically. Manage the company and not its stock price.

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