Zillow Principal Software Development Engineer reviews

I first want to thank you for the time you spent with us building great products. The company is going through a lot of change as we navigate launching and growing new businesses and reimagining the core business as we move down the transaction funnel. You have some of your facts wrong about massive attrition and hemorrhaging cash. While attrition in our San Francisco office has been a bit more than some of our other offices, there is no dumpster fire and I really appreciate the people who are working with us as we navigate the changes with us. Our core values remain strong and our level of transparency remains high with many opportunities to receive information at all levels of the company and offer ideas, opinions and comments. Our recent bi-weekly exec Q&As are another example of what we are trying to do to provide more transparency with our employees, which I think is appreciated. Our cash position is strong our businesses are performing as expected. Certainly our new Zillow Offers business has a very different operating model and cash and equity need, so maybe that has not been clearly communicated to you. Business transformation is exciting, but the changes it causes can also be disruptive. We think our employees will see the positive side of this tradeoff. People should know what they were working on and why it is important to the company. If anyone is unclear on this, they can ask their manager, VP or me. We had needed to make org changes, but the ones we have done are meant to better align our people and teams better with our major product and business initiatives. Again, I am proud of our employees who have navigated these changes and in a positive way. For any current employees, if you have concerns about your work, work environment or anything else, don’t hesitate to discuss with your manager, VP or me. Feedback from past employees is helpful, but I would certainly prefer talking to current employees who are working hard to help us succeed.

Thank you for your comments and feedback. I am glad you are enjoying working at Zillow and experiencing many of the things that make Zillow Group a great place to work and built a career. I agree that we have more we need to do to make the release and development processes more efficient and hassle free. We've been making significant investments in this area over the last few years and we are seeing those improved tools and procedures helping. If you see other things you think we should be doing to help accelerate, please let me know. Some of our devs have enjoyed Velociteering to help make a more sizable impact on the backlog. That said, we have continued to increase the release frequency of our main release vehicle as well as increase the number of "on demand" releases throughout the week. Again, more to do, but good progress being made. I'm sorry if you have experienced a Development Manager who is not meeting your expectations. He do prefer a promote from within approach, and many of our managers are new managers. With increased training that we provide, I am seeing good growth in these new managers. If you have constructive feedback on any of our managers, please pass it on. As you know, we encourage peer and manager feedback to help provide insights into these experiences and room for improvement. Again, thanks for the feedback and all you are doing to help Zillow succeed in our mission.