It is a Sales Job! - Anonymous employee Zillow Employee Review

1.0
Jan 15, 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great Co-Workers , cool looking office, great phone system / lead management (if you know how to use it correctly) Cash Prize Sales Contests and a few other bonus structures on a monthly basis, You can make good money here. Great Benefits! Casual Dress code, Free food and drinks. Company Holiday Party In Seattle all expense paid by Zillow.

Cons

I have nothing bad to say about the work atmosphere or the pushy managers, I have no complaints about Quota , or daily call times, If you apply for a sales Job you should expect these things. My cons are about what I sold I was explained by the few original sales reps that are left that this product has changed dramatically and by inherited accounts the same story. I like sales that is how i pay the bills but I like to sell a product I believe in. Being that one of Zillow's founders own glassdoor this may not get published so we shall see. I will explain in vague way from my understanding there used to be limited availability to buy space on Zillow but in the time I have been here the claims have been made that traffic has grown so more space becomes available to they pick certain days to have everyone come in at 6 am and push that space. I have inherited quite a few accounts from previous employees (this seems to happen often it is fast moving revolving door here) the accounts i have taken over tell me they gets theses calls every other month or sometimes monthly and they have taken it a few times but have yet to see and increase in ROI they say the ROI gets worse as we do this? and no this has not happened once , i hear this from a lot of those accounts it is discouraging. The seasoned reps say tell them if they don't take it someone else will and it will get worse, I personally do not feel good threatening paying customers who seem to like the service and when I have tried that some agents have cancelled. I enjoy selling what I beleive works. Spencer Rascoff I have read your responses to negative feed back "I was bummed when i read this" and "that does not seem to be the majority of the feedback". Like I have said the job is not my complaint it is saturation of the product. There s no customer service for existing clients they call us in sales expect help we create a case and weeks can go by before something is done. I understand the logic on us fielding the cs so we can convert to sales (they always cancel btw) but paying customers are angry and managers are no help.

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Zillow Response
12y
If I write "I was bummed to read this," I'll just be confirming your fear! LOL. Seriously though, you raise a good point which is that inventory constraints are a complaint among some of our existing advertisers; they want to buy more impressions from us, but sometimes they are unable to. We of course hope that as our traffic continues to grow, this problem will alleviate. And it is a good problem to have -- much better than the reverse, of course. I'm confused by your saying that there is no customer service for existing clients. We have a large listings support team and a large account management team. Maybe I am missing something or misunderstanding. If you ever want to send me specific anonymous feedback, you can do so through the Zillow Talk Blog (our internal blog). Thank you, Spencer

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Thank you for sharing such a detailed perspective. We understand that frequent changes to roles, account ownership and business priorities can have a real impact on relationship-building and the day-to-day experience in sales. We’re glad to hear compensation was a positive part of your time at Zillow, and we appreciate you being candid about where the model and structure felt frustrating. Feedback like yours helps us better understand how these changes are experienced across teams as the business evolves.
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