eBay to cut 125 jobs worldwide

eBay will lay off about 125 people worldwide as part of a reorganization to focus on the company's core business, a spokesman confirmed on Thursday.

"The company reorganized to align with the business priorities we outlined in January to focus on making eBay safer and easier to use, optimizing auction with fixed price on the site, and driving growth at PayPal," spokesman Jose Mallabo wrote in an e-mail.

"We are still hiring for positions to support those business priorities and have redeployed hundreds of current staff in new roles; but globally 125 people will be leaving our work force of 15,500--less than half a percentage point."

Reuters reported that the main areas affected would be in North America, Belgium, Spain, and Austria.

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The Wizard

ebay wants to cleanse themselves of their members and eliminate those who don?t fit managements new desired profile. in that process they have included members who have made them the successful company they once were.

i am not opposed to change, often times changes are good, however, they have missed the mark on how far they are taking those changes while losing integrity along the way. to name just one example most recently: the conflicting stories given for what has been named ?mystery auction listings? from the Shopping dot com site (sdc). Initial explanation: it was a glitch in the system, next: limited test that ran its course; then: it was an accident; finally they settled on the test excuse. they really think everyone outside their executive offices are stupid and can't see thru the veil. what kind of company operates in that kind of vacuum?

in essence what ebay has done is create opportunities for other companies to emerge who have welcomed buyers and sellers with appreciation and customer service (ebay never got
that concept). esty, online auctions, ioffer, overstock to name a few. ebay has spun off their own company to others and will not survive to the level that will be demanded by stockholders and the marketplace.

gee, did they outspend their pr and marketing budgets on all of their recent promos to drown out our noise? thus the layoffs?

the more one thinks about everything ebay has been doing since the boycott started, the more one would have to believe that they want to create such confusion that the stockholders will not be able to distinguish what the real problems are.

eBay has long lost their integrity, in life and business they are basic requirements.

we can see the wizard behind the curtain and hopefully the stockholders will too.

in the meantime??

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