Additionally, analysts were concerned that the company’s innovative capabilities, which were key to the company’s early success and traditionally part of its culture, had eroded to the extent that some eBay employees were referring to the company as the “IBM of Silicon Valley” – an uncomplimentary reference to the bureaucracy which now permeated the company.
Bukod pa rito, analysts ay nababahala na makabagong kakayahan ng kumpanya, na kung saan ay susi sa unang bahagi ng tagumpay ng kumpanya at ayon sa kaugalian bahagi ng kanyang kultura, ay bagbag sa lawak na ang ilang mga empleyado eBay ay nagre-refer sa mga kumpanya bilang ang “”IBM ng Silicon Valley”” – isang uncomplimentary reference sa bureaucracy na sa ngayon ay tiomak sa kumpanya.