Zillow reviews

4.7

92% would recommend to a friend

(1,697 total reviews)
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Jeremy Wacksman

96% approve of CEO

75% positive business outlook

Zillow has an employee rating of 4.7 out of 5 stars, based on 1,697 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Zillow employee rating is 22% above average for employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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5.0
Sep 22, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

- Work environment. The office is beyond beautiful, and the people are amazing - Location! I love this city! (Seattle)

Cons

Its still a startup and with that comes the stress and the salary of working for one. Not for people with low energy.

5.0
Mar 16, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

The sheer joy and exhileration of working with this truly stellar team of individuals. There are of course individual teams within Zillow, but it feels to me like we are all on the same team, engaged in the same big goal. A recent conversation had in the elevator says it all for me, in the context of what are you doing this weekend. The reply was, "I don't really have any plans," so I quipped, "Well I guess you could come in to work." He smiled and said, "And you know that would be okay." Our conversation wrapped up pretty quickly, as elevator conversations tend to do, with the agreement that it's a pretty rare and magical experience to truly enjoying being at work each day. It's really a romance - loving what you do and who you do it with.

Cons

Startup pay. For those used to or who prefer a lot of infrastructure support (e.g. receptionist, facilities, admin, IT support) - you might not like it. Zillow is a lean machine. You do your own shipping, faxing, pickup your mail from the front, make your own coffee, do your own dishes). We might even be out of papertowels or batteries occasionally - but amazingly we cope. :) I personally like this and it feels more like a community to me because there really aren't any dedicated "housekeeper" functions so to speak.

5.0
Mar 4, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Crazy smart, motivated people who enjoy their jobs and this industry. The category we're attempting to win is huge and developing, and we're up against worthy opponents, which makes the job and the enterprise exciting and relevant. And the senior management are solid - it's nice when the ship you are on is in the hands of capable commanders. I feel like they are handling the downturn as well as anyone and better than most, being the benificieries of long tenure in this industry and the ability to spot where things are going and make the right decisions early and proactively (specifically in terms of layoffs). They aren't afraid to make difficult decisions, and that makes us, the rank-and-file, trust their leadership.

Cons

Economic downturn means that ad-spend is down accross all categories, and since ours is a media business model, we pretty much live and die on ad budgets. In a sense this makes the whole thing more interesting, since it raisese the stakes considerably, but it's spooky. The other part is that we are being forced to do more with less - again, exciting and challenging, but also chaotic and harder to control. Also, raises are not forthcoming, and benefits have been stripped a little.

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