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eBay will lay off 1,000 employees — 9 percent of the company (www.theverge.com)

submitted 9 months ago by misk@sopuli.xyz to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I’ve designed, built, and maintained some pretty complex marketplace sites that get that much traffic and have a bunch of independent people dependent on its uptime for income. I can empathize with the “if it ain’t broke, don’t fit it” philosophy.

That said, eBay smells like it has grown into one of those large companies that require 85 meetings to get anything done. I look at that site and wonder what the hell is going on in that org. Their ratio of people to tech debt just feels off to me.

That company has felt like it was poorly run for a long time now. They’ve been coasting on inertia.

[–] PlatinumSf@pawb.social 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I don't personally disagree, but I don't know what sort of business challenges they face. Also I should add that 132 Million number isn't traffic or transactions, that's verified customers that have made at least 1 purchase. That all being said there is definitely a redesign/restructure/rebase needed, but the ship takes crew to keep it sailing even if it needs remodeled/repaired/etc.

[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Yeah, I was following. Active users ≠ order or conversion rate.

Just saying that as someone who builds some pretty busy e-comm marketplace platforms, I have some questions when I see how many people they have and what they’re maintaining.

Maybe their subsidiaries are inflating those employee numbers.