eBay

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.

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.

• Analyze the wave of attrition and conduct meaningful anonymous exit interviews.

• Hire more people who actually do the work, especially in the Testing (QA) org, instead of more and more middle and top management.

• Spend more money on promoting deserving individual contributors.