Zillow reviews

4.6

92% would recommend to a friend

(1,702 total reviews)
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Jeremy Wacksman

96% approve of CEO

75% positive business outlook

Zillow has an employee rating of 4.6 out of 5 stars, based on 1,702 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Zillow employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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5.0
Feb 19, 2016

Great company

Recommend
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Pros

Work life balance, good pay and benefits. Small, agile teams with a lot of product freedom to development what we think improves the overall product

Cons

The only real con is that the dev stack can be a little complicated and there is still a bit of legacy code to manage

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Zillow Response
10y
I appreciate you taking the time to provide some feedback. I'm especially happy that you feel our small product team model is working well for you and your team. Work life balance and good benefits are also important. After 10 years, there are some teams dealing with more code history than others. We encourage our teams to work with the various stack groups (java, python, ux, build/deploy, etc) to help us plan our ongoing investments and migration in our core technologies. Teams should also be investing in their own services by building time into their project plans to address this tech debt as we build new services or make significant enhancements. Additionally, we are working to create more independence across teams with investments in core tooling and creating more micro-services and minimize dependencies to the areas where they are truly need. I'm pleased with the progress we are making, but of course there is more to do. If you or others on your team would like to get more involved in these efforts, please track me down and I can connect you with the right people. Thanks again for your feedback and hard work. We are only successful because of the great work of our people and we need them driving these improvements. David Beitel, Zillow Group CTO.
4.0
Feb 18, 2016

Do cool stuff

Recommend
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Pros

Great culture. This includes cool events like “Hackweek,” a week-long event held three times a year where we get to work on our own projects. Happy hours, team building events, game room, cook-offs, etc. Smart people. Continually impressed by my colleagues. Interesting work. This is because of the company size: small enough to make an impact but large enough to be secure. Great management (this is huge!). I personally see little politics within the team. Lots of autonomy. Hours are okay. No need to work every weekend.

Cons

Pay and benefits very below average for industry. No annual bonus (at least in my org). Stock tanked, leaving some employees with worthless options. It's a big source of discontent and the reason why some have left or are leaving for companies next door like Amazon, Google, Tableau. Unclear path for advancement within the company. No training. Employees are expected to learn on their own outside of work hours.

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Zillow Response
10y
Thank you for your feedback. I'm glad you are generally happy here. We are taking a comprehensive view of market comp at annual review this year, and I'm interested to hear how you feel about compensation after this. Feel free to reach out to me directly, or address here. Making sure people feel appreciated and fairly compensated is very important to us! Best -- Amy (COO)
5.0
Feb 4, 2016

As good as it gets

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Pros

I love the environment, the opportunity for advancement, and the management.

Cons

If you're not into applying yourself or if you struggle with change, this may not be your happy place.

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Zillow Response
10y
Thank you for this great feedback! So glad to hear you're loving it at ZillowGroup. Yes, we do #movefastthinkbig, and it's not for everyone, but opportunities do abound. Our employees are THE reason for the success. And yes, we have a great Denver Vibe! Thanks again.. Greg Bland, VP Sales
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