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Work here if you want to commit suicide

Software Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at eBay for 1 year
April 6, 2022
Austin, Texas
1.0
Doesn't RecommendDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

Compensation, Nothing else, Nothing else, Nothing else, Nothing else

Cons

I gave one star for the compensation, but eBay makes sure every penny you get paid is earned by you by draining you with work, without even letting you finish your onboarding. I was asked to finish my onboarding training after business hours and was asked to provide an estimate on tickets in my first week at work.

To summarize, it's a toxic environment, a bad work culture that doesn't care about employees' personal lives, a negative work-life balance, discrimination, and unnecessary escalations and design meetings every day that run for hours with nothing productive during those hours, wasting developers' time.

Managers have no clue about any projects and only want to finish the projects before the timeline, cutting short the development process. Every manager wants to be a hero in this company by making their managees work extra hours day and night and during weekends, taking away time from family.

Advice to Management

Don't micromanage the timelines of deliverability by cutting short the estimates and draining the employees with work.

Everyone has their personal life beyond work life. Using toxic words to get work done will not motivate the employees to work, but it encourages employees to look for opportunities elsewhere.

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