posted on September 9, 2007 05:34:21 PM
This board has such a wealth of information and eBay savvy. Has anyone approached eBay for employment? Fluff, I'm sure you make more as a seller, but I bet you would be a great asset to eBay's consulting team. Ditto Tom for his experience with drop shippers. Does eBay hire telecommuters? Instead of bashing their youngster staff, maybe we could replace them?
posted on September 10, 2007 06:46:18 AM
Even my husband, who secretly would like to see me get a full-time job, says that working at eBay would be fruitless. The bureaucracy is so entrenched that there is little hope of a worker bee bringing about any meaningful change.
It's about 8 years too late.
Now, if they did hire me, the first thing I would suggest is that they should set up a shadow auction site that completely scraps the eBay model and starts over. The only rule would be that there are no rules. They should fund it lavishly and pledge to stay hands-off.
posted on September 10, 2007 09:06:10 AM
They have Craigslist!
Women advertise looking for sugar daddy to pay for their plastic surgery job,set them up in a seaside mansion or just asking for gas money to come and promise you a good time.
While others ask ridiculously high price ,poor picture and description for their junk collectibles.
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Lets all stop whining !
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posted on September 10, 2007 09:29:02 AM
Apparently the Craigslist aesthetic varies from city to city.
In SFO, it seems to be frequented mainly by people who really do believe the Sixties were a kinder, simpler time, probably because your chances of scoring free drugs were better then.
posted on September 10, 2007 12:37:08 PM
The price of drugs in the 60/70's for me probably had more to do with the fact that I was really fit, had a nice head of hair, and could keep a friend laughing and rocking all night long. I got freebies all the time!
Now that my waist size is probably higher than my IQ, and what little hair I have left (on my head, not my back) is gray, I can't afford to be anything other than sober.
[ edited by Cashinyourcloset on Sep 10, 2007 01:52 PM ]
posted on September 10, 2007 03:27:43 PM
I and several friends were headhunted to working for eBay Japan back in the late 90s. After our interviews we all decided (wisely in retrospect) to pass on the opportunity and stay with Yahoo or Softbank affiliates. None of us have any regrets and one or two friends (I believe) consult for several huge Chinese auction sites. A couple of other colleagues involved with AI and SEO joined Google Japan and are (according to them) set for life.
It's pretty well known in business circles that Google hires the brightest and eBay gets the dregs of the hiring pool.
