Zillow reviews

I have been on this team a long time and have seen it go nowhere but downhill. Just in the past months 4 people have announced their departure just within the Assessment team of Data Services. And it is no secret that more will soon follow suit. If anyone in the C-Level reads this it is 100% a rejection of the teams senior management. Any other explanation is simply false. It began with these 4, and many more are now looking to get out. The teams senior managers are nothing but a clique of old school business people who's values are opposite to those of Zillows. They work to protect themselves and not those under them. If you are not one of their chosen 'favorites' you will go nowhere. This was 100% apparent in the latest promotions on the team. Everyone saw through the process and everyone knew who was going to be promoted before the process even started. The hiring process was biased and unfair from the start. People do not want to work for shady, dishonest people and your continued toleration of this team's leadership is jeopardizing the whole project. Survey after survey comes and nothing changes. Low scores across the board. The managers want to point fingers but cannot point it at themselves. They are the problem. They pretend that no other people can do this job or understand the data but them, but the reality is that assessment data is messy but ultimately uncomplicated. Any person versed in data could lead this team to be better both in terms of morale and the data itself. None of the managers are technical and only slow the process down and interject themselves in processes to seem like they are important. Morale is at an all time low on the team and people are burned out. If you are thinking of applying to this team because of the prospect of working for Zillow you should think again and look elsewhere. The novelty of working here soon wears off as this team is not in line with Zillow. You will see and talk to other people who love Zillow, their teams, and their managers. But you will not find that on this team.

Zillow is stuck. I'm not sure if the acquisition strategy, the attempt to enter traditional real estate, or bureaucracy is to blame, but despite having all the right pieces and people, Zillow is rowing in circles. The polite culture has been infected by politically minded people using superficial metrics and being loud to move up in the company over more qualified, better employees. People have started being punished for pointing out problems, and are encouraged to gloss over mistakes and avoid big swings. Resources are conservatively allocated, so people start to in-fight and manipulate in order to avoid being understaffed. Compensation is extremely low compared to even earlier stage companies. Using the right language and virtue-signaling is prioritized over efforts to actually increase representation and inclusion. It breaks my heart to see a company filled with so many wonderful people have no clear path forward.