eBay

Very high salaries for very easy work (personal experience).

If being involved in something meaningful and relevant is important for you, then eBay does eCommerce rather than social media, etc.

Based on how you look at it, this can either be a pro or a con.

eBay pays very high if you consider the RSUs, ESPP, 401K, etc. However, the work assigned is something even someone with mediocre skill will be able to do easily. If you are a talented engineer with a desire to learn something new or do something of value, run away from here because you will be doing very dumb work and surrounded by even more dumb people. On the other hand, if you want to just draw a stable paycheck and get promotions by pleasing your boss, then run in and join.

Very little solid engineering is done here. Most people are focused on making half-baked products, doing demos and poster sessions, and then throwing them out the door. When other engineers who use your product complain, provide workarounds and assurances that the problems will be taken care of in the next release. Of course, a re-org or something similar will follow, and very soon the problem will fall into another clueless engineer's lap.

Most of the top execs in eBay are moving to PayPal, as they think eBay is a sinking ship.

I worked in what was considered the most technical team of the whole of eBay. The condition in the rest of the company is even worse, and talented engineers are going insane.

Along with technology, the management philosophy and techniques are also outdated. eBay blindly promotes people who deliver half-baked products in a timely fashion to managers who then force their developers to do the same. eBay still doesn't realize, like other Bay Area companies, that strong developers work for autonomy to implement their ideas and creativity, and not simply for a paycheck. Being outdated, it still relies on paying more money and doesn't do simple things like providing food, which is now common in most Bay Area startups. Not to mention that most of the managers are technically clueless or micromanagers.

I personally don't know even one developer who is happy, if not outright frustrated.

Don't believe any of the 5-star ratings. These are probably given by HR and its cronies. Notice how all the 5-star ratings are very short and terse.

Don't rely on demos and posters. Recognize that true engineering is important for the growth and well-being of a company.

Encourage developers who show engineering talent and vision, even if it means that timelines might be stretched. eBay has deep engineering problems, and solving them will attract talented engineers and keep them here.

Simply trying to get a new feature released for H1 or H2 will only get you a promotion or bonus but will sink the company in the long run.