Zillow reviews

High office building if you are uncomfortable with heights. It is a fast paced organization adjusting its business needs quickly so users must be flexible in the need to stay late and or work weekends. The pay at Zillow is not the greatest and they emphasize the value of stock options which have no value until they are exercised. The morale has had its ups and down with a fair amount of turnover. Not sure of the exact cause as everyone has a story but when a company goes from a startup with a limited number of people and expands greatly in a short time period may explain things.

Things move fast -- you have to be comfortable living with the foot on the gas. As start-ups go, this is run as a survivable business. We're not on a forced march to IPO, leaving bodies along the path -- we have fun, people can take vacations. The people need to work long hours with some regularity, as we ship a lot of stuff, but certainly not every day. The culture is straightforward, which can feel blunt and even harsh. Personally, I appreciate a culture where everyone (at every rung of the ladder) can say what they think -- as long as they back it up with data or rationale. There is little beating around the bush, which means things get done faster. Sometimes the bluntness involves less tact than it could, but hey this is a tech company.