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      Success despite itself - Senior Manager Zillow Employee Review

      3.0
      Jan 13, 2021
      Senior manager
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      Pros

      - Zillow experience on the resume will open doors. - The HQ was a premium work space for all employees, not just bigwigs. - If you're an individual contributor, it is relatively easy to do your job and succeed if you stay out of the politics. - The stock has performed well in the past few years. - Great place to coast when you have non-professional priorities like starting a family. I was young and hungry, but many of my peers just talked the talk, without walking the walk at that was good enough at Zillow.

      Cons

      - As my headline suggests, the success of Zillow is not based on the quality of leadership or execution. Ultimately there is a need for a real estate portal like Zillow, and the company had such a huge headstart due to wise early strategic decisions, that it's success is almost guaranteed until the next great technology shake up (i.e. whatever replaces websites). - Zillow bills itself as a competitive employer to the big tech giants. It is not. The pay is atleast 20% less. I took a lesser role at one of the giants down the street and received a 55% compensation increase. - It is full of second rate talent (good but not great) or semi-retired folks. That is to say Zillow hires a lot of people that can't get through the more stringent interview process of better companies. Additionally, talented employees who have paid their dues at better, but more challenging, companies will look to join Zillow when they have decided to ease up on the professional challenges but aren't ready to retire. The net effect is a bunch of experienced employees/managers that are teaching/leading less talented employees without full committment.

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      Zillow Response
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      You certainly saw a lot of change during your time at Zillow including the return of Rich--who, as co-founder and current CEO --does deserve some credit for the “wise early strategic decisions and current stock performance” you thoughtfully call out as positives in your review. If you were here last fall during 2021 annual planning you also know the performance expectations continue to be high for all teams and leaders – what you do and how you do it has never mattered more at Zillow. We do disagree with your generalized statement about Zillow compensation as that’s something we track and follow closely both for pay equity and competitive reasons. That said, we do recognize it’s human nature to hit points in one’s career when different things are needed from work; we’re glad to read that your ZG experience helped you get where you needed to be. -VP, Recruiting

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