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CULTURE & WORKFORCE
CULTURE & WORKFORCE
We make extraordinary things possible for each other every day.
We bring the best talent from different communities across the world together to learn, grow, thrive, and innovate at all levels.
In 2024, over 2,500 employees volunteered more than 60,000 hours — the equivalent of about 2,500 calendar days.
CULTURE & WORKFORCE
Our People
When employees join eBay, we strive to help them succeed based on their unique talents and ambitions. We are an equal opportunity employer.
Our goal is to provide employees with opportunities and resources to thrive at work.
Growing Our Talent Pipeline, Investing In Leadership
At eBay, we believe in developing leaders at all levels. Our programs support both new managers and experienced executives who want to sharpen their skills. Senior leaders, for example, have access to personalized coaching and top-tier education programs.
In 2024, we scaled our development programs and launched new, targeted workshops. As a result, nearly 2,000 people leaders engaged in our programs, enriching their abilities to navigate change, foster collaboration, drive innovation, and support team development.
Leadership development is a powerful way to transform and strengthen our culture. This year, we expanded access to our Leadership Foundations program to support new managers as they step into the significant role of enabling high-performing teams. 148 new and rising leaders participated this year, and afterwards reported a 14% increase in confidence in their overall leadership skills, including setting team goals, coaching, and providing feedback.
We continued to see positive impact from our investment in our senior talent pipeline programs, with participating leaders having higher manager effectiveness scores and more opportunities to grow their skills and career internally.
Supporting Our Employees
We invest in our team’s professional growth. Employees experience a variety of assignments and projects, expanding their skillset and preparing them for new opportunities within eBay.
As a learning organization, we support continuous education with resources like on-demand classes and financial support for professional degrees and certifications. Every new employee has automatic access to the extensive, personalizable training content provided by LinkedIn Learning. We also value our employees’ overall well-being by offering physical and mental wellness tools through the platforms Grokker and Lyra.
Our 2024 LearnFest event provided our global employees with in-person and virtual sessions on career growth, change, collaboration, coaching, resilience, innovation, and more, with over 15% employee participation. Throughout LearnFest, leaders shared their career journeys, and experts from across the company shared insights from their specialized fields.
Additionally, we are empowering employees to harness the transformative power of AI for enhanced productivity, performance, and innovation. In 2024, we hosted practical workshops for 4,000 employees globally, equipping them with the skills and knowledge to effectively use our internal AI tools.
Be for Everyone
At eBay, our core value, “Be for Everyone,” fuels our commitment to diversity, inclusion, and belonging. We strive to create a workplace where every employee feels valued, empowered, and able to bring their best, most innovative selves to work. This commitment fosters creativity, strengthens engagement, and cultivates a deep sense of belonging, which we believe is essential for driving corporate performance, achieving business goals, and delivering shareholder value.
Connecting people and building communities isn’t just what we do — it’s who we are. Our Communities of Inclusion (COIs) embody this by fostering belonging, empowerment, and impact across our teams. These employee-led groups create spaces for connection, support, and meaningful change, ensuring eBay is a place where everyone thrives.
Throughout the year, our 11 global COIs regularly host in-person, hybrid, and virtual events that connect community members and allies, celebrate cultural moments, support professional and personal growth and development, and drive awareness of various cultural and social topics. In 2024, employees and community members participated in over 360 events organized by our COIs. With over 17,000 attendees, the popularity of these events are a testament to our community’s enthusiasm and connection with our culture.
Employees can also access a digital COI hub on eBay’s intranet to stay connected with the Communities and their relevant news, events, and resources.
Talent Acquisition
Our Emerging Talent Program is dedicated to engaging students from four-year colleges and universities. We believe that a broader candidate pool enhances our program’s quality and impact. As such, we actively seek out the most talented and diverse candidates from all higher education institutions.
eBay’s Internship Program serves as a unique entry point for careers within the company. Since 2020, about 81% of interns offered positions at eBay accept them and transition into full-time roles.
We offer a wide variety of experiential opportunities for emerging talent. Recent graduates can participate in rotations within the Global Markets and Finance departments, gaining comprehensive exposure to our business operations. Interns also hear from our leadership team through an insightful speaker series, participate in category-focused events, engage in real and meaningful projects, and take part in our annual ideas pitch event, Hack Week.
In 2024, our program was honored with several awards.
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Forbes – Best Employers for New Grads
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RippleMatch – Campus Forward Awards
- Grad Connection – Finalist for Most Popular Graduate Employer Award
Awards & Recognition
- Forbes – Best Employers for New Grads
- RippleMatch – Campus Forward Awards
- Grad Connection – Finalist for Most Popular Graduate Employer Award
OUR PEOPLE
Health and Financial Benefits
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.
CULTURE AND WORKFORCE
Our Values
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
Employee Giving and Volunteering
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.
eBay is a force for good in the world, and when we unite, the positive impact we have is extraordinary.
Last year, GCX4Good rallied over 500 participants from Sydney to San Jose for our global Walk4Good in support of UNICEF. Together, we raised $68,290 over a combined 3,246 volunteer hours.
Our Asia-Pacific GCX4Good team raised $8,165 for the Kirtarsh Handicapped and Disabled Children’s Home, providing essential items to support the children's needs.
In Dublin, Ireland, the team raised $21,372 for Childvision, Ireland’s only dedicated center for children with a visual impairment. This support enabled Childvision to advance their Books for the Blind project by an entire year.
