Love working here! Great culture, smart co-workings and exciting business opportunity! - Data Scientist Zillow Employee Review

5.0
Mar 26, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Zillow has a truly data driven culture. The whole employee stack is top notch (PM, Eng, Design, Data, Marketing ect.). Zillow is lead by one of the few truly visionary leaders in tech, Rich Barton. It feels like a start up that is chasing an ambitious world changing goal, but with all the support, organization and infrastructure of a big tech company. Zillow cares about employee well being and this is demonstrated by the benefits. On top of that the workforce is distributed. I just moved from Seattle > Arizona significantly increasing my quality of life. Cant speak highly enough about working here. I'll be happily working here for the foreseeable future!

Cons

Zillow is disrupting Real estate. To do this we need to be nimble. This has resulted in some re-orgs to better deliver on opportunity in front of us. With this comes growing/changing pains. With that said leadership is transparent about the rationale and employees always fully buy into to make these challenging restructurings work.

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Zillow Response
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You've been part of the Zillow team for some time and therefore, this review is very meaningful. We are transforming our business model, our industry and even the real estate transaction, and it wonderful to hear that you are continually inspired by this vision. You correct that more processes are needed, yet we should stay nimble and keep challenging ourselves. Thanks for being part of our journey! -Annie Rihn, VP of Recruiting

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