eBay Program Manager reviews

3.8

62% would recommend to a friend

(23 total reviews)
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Jamie Iannone

100% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

Program Manager employees have rated eBay with 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 23 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Program Manager professionals have a good working experience there. eBay is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Program Manager professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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23 reviews
2.0
Sep 10, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Hmmm, management is good about accommodating time off when needed and....and, that's it.

Cons

eBay is pure chaos every day. Upper management is constantly changing which means regular re-orgs. We're a horizontal org, then a vertical one, and back and forth. We work in centralized teams, then six months later we're decentralized. Employees don't feel confident that the initiative they're working on today will be around next month or even next week. A large portion of dev and qa are outsourced to India and China which makes for a very long work day and employees don't score extra points for doing con calls at 9PM several nights a week as a result. Management does however, point out every misstep and task that was missed, and generally beats you down until you're questioning your own abilities. The work to employee ratio is unrealistic, yet management doesn't recognize that, they only seem to drive home how employees are under-delivering. Salaries are about 10% less than other companies. Management is extremely stingy in handing out promotions for anyone under a Director level.

2.0
Sep 8, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Brand recognition; the auction site is a great "equalizer" for mom-and-pop sellers against bigger companies on the web; great people - smart, passionate, caring; great corporate value, which are: (1) Lead Completely (2) Keep It Human (3) Trust One Another (4) Practice Judgment

Cons

Long hours; low base pay - compensation based on model when the company stock was returning 20% or more per year; management a bunch of MBA gear heads who do not understand the business and rarely use the auction site

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