Culture & Workforce

In 2024, over 2,500 employees volunteered more than 60,000 hours — the equivalent of about 2,500 calendar days.

CULTURE & WORKFORCE

When employees join eBay, we strive to help them succeed based on their unique talents and ambitions. We are an equal opportunity employer.

Awards & Recognition

OUR PEOPLE

At eBay, we prioritize our employees’ health and well-being.

Our Global Benefits Program

Through our global benefits program, we aim to support and empower our employees with the resources they need to bring their best selves to work.

Employees enjoy a broad suite of benefits, including comprehensive health insurance, retirement plans, and paid time off. These benefits extend to part-time employees working 20 or more hours per week. Globally, full-time employees can access additional benefits, including a company-paid employee assistance plan for mental health and life management, a wellness platform, a medical second opinion program, and a sabbatical program that our executives proudly champion.

In 2024, we introduced several new initiatives. A no-cost cancer early detection program was launched for eligible U.S. employees and their family members over 50, screening for 45 cancer types. Our global women's health program exceeded enrollment expectations, with 86% of participants feeling more positive about eBay. We also launched Thrive Global, a digital platform for healthy habits, and a well-being toolkit to mitigate burnout. Additionally, in the U.S. we introduced a 401(k) student loan matching program, providing employees with student debt company matches based on their debt payments to their retirement plan, even if they are unable to contribute.

Family Planning and Leave

We support families worldwide by providing adoption, surrogacy, and fertility benefits. Since 2016, eBay has provided U.S. employees with family building solutions, including financial assistance and expert support in their journey to parenthood. In 2024, we broadened this program to encompass more regions, extending benefits to employees in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America.

We offer 100% paid leave worldwide, including 20 weeks for birth parents and 12 weeks for non-birth parents. We also provide parent, child, and adult care coaching, along with 10 days of backup care per employee across multiple countries. This backup care can be used to fill gaps in caregiving for children, adults, and as of 2024, pets.

We offer a surrogacy reimbursement of up to $25,000 and adoption reimbursement up to $10,000. We also provide resources to support new parents, including onsite lactation facilities.

Life sometimes presents unexpected challenges, and we are here to support our employees through them. We offer 10 days of bereavement leave for the loss of immediate family members. Additionally, employees can access up to 10 days of paid emergency leave to handle critical situations such as domestic violence, war, or natural disasters.

I love the culture at eBay where we provide sabbaticals — it’s part of who we are and how we recognize our employees. The sabbatical program is just amazing.

Mazen Rawashdeh

Chief Technology Officer

CULTURE AND WORKFORCE

Our purpose at eBay is to connect people and build communities to create economic opportunity for all. We bring our diverse community of employees together to support their local communities through volunteering and giving efforts.

OUR VALUES

A group of eBay Changemakers smile in front of an assortment of greenery and plants.

eBay Foundation’s Changemakers support our company’s purpose to connect people and build communities to create economic opportunities for all. That aim goes beyond who we are as a business, and defines who we are as people.

Our global Changemaker teams embody our values by driving, giving, and volunteering in their local communities — throughout 14 countries and seven U.S. states. The eBay Foundation supports all Changemaker teams with strategic oversight, materials, and training. Putting trust and empathy into action, Changemakers are making a real difference where they live and work.

eBay Foundation matches up to $10,000 in donations to eligible nonprofits per employee, per year, including in-kind donations (such as toys or canned food items for a donation drive) and volunteer time. For every volunteer hour an employee logs on our matching gifts site, they earn a $20 matching reward to donate to their favorite cause.

In 2024, more than 2,500 employees volunteered over 60,000 hours — the equivalent of about 2,500 calendar days — to support their communities around the world. In total, eBayers donated to more than 4,300 causes in 60 countries. Over $7.7 million was awarded to nonprofit organizations through employee contributions and matching gifts.

Through Changemakers Ireland and our partnership with Social Entrepreneurs Ireland, we helped empower over 500 social innovators as they tackled local issues. Their impact is profound, and being part of this community effort is why I love working at eBay.

Caroline Jacobus

eBay employee and co-chair of Changemakers in Dublin, Ireland