Zillow reviews

3.4

54% would recommend to a friend

(2,511 total reviews)
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Jeremy Wacksman

57% approve of CEO

48% positive business outlook

Zillow has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 2,511 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Zillow employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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3K reviews
4.0
Sep 9, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Huge platform with tons of areas to improve upon.

Cons

Slow moving culture that could use more energy.

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Zillow Response
10y
Thanks for taking the time to give feedback. We work very hard to keep Zillow’s culture energetic and innovative (by holding “Hackweeks” several time a year for instance), and I’m sorry to see your experience wasn’t more positive. We are proud of our track record introducing innovations in the real estate space and aren’t about to let up. - David Beitel, Zillow CTO
4.0
Jul 30, 2015

Growing Pains But Overall Great Place to Work

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great people, wonderful working environment. You get everything you need to get the job done. Leadership vision is strong and clearly communicated. Very transparent company. Lots of fun to be had. Benefits are solid.

Cons

Some office politics to navigate in terms of alliances and cliques that can pose hurdles to pushing ideas forward and getting buy-in for projects. Challenging ramp up as processes, knowledge, and data exists in silos across the company and are not accessible efficiently . Developer resources are limited for a company this size, so being scrappy and willing to adjust technical aspects of a project on the fly is crucial to success. Growth is at a crescendo, so company culture is in transition and hasn't regained it's footing. Additionally, as it grows, "old timers" are promoted who have little to no experience managing people. No longer a start up feel, but more a corporate environment creating new barriers to getting things done in innovative ways. Work/life balance is absolutely lip service. Young singles who put in 50/60 hour weeks are recognized often and rise quickly, while those trying to strike a more reasonable approach tread water and are viewed as ineffective.

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Zillow Response
10y
Thank you for your feedback, and especially the advice to management. We appreciate and read all of this. - Amy (COO)
5.0
May 15, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Before working at Zillow as Blog Editor, I spent time getting to know them through blog interviews, spending time at conferences and more. Rich Barton's previous experience must have given him a tremendously keen eye for talent. Every person I came in contact with impressed me at all levels. I had the opportunity to work briefly with Zillow Group's CEO, Spencer Rascoff. He is a consummate professional and THE most genuine of any person I have met in any C suite. They care deeply about their clients and the consumers that use their products.

Cons

Like any organization comparable to Zillow, I am certain there are some things that someone would see as a negative. I honestly can't think of any.

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Zillow Response
11y
Thank you for the great review! I really appreciate it. I'm so glad that you had a good experience at Zillow.
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