Zillow reviews

3.4

54% would recommend to a friend

(2,507 total reviews)
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Jeremy Wacksman

57% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

Zillow has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 2,507 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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3.0
Feb 11, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Great benefits - healthy work-life balance, unlimited PTO, remote work, optional in-person retreats, health perks, compelling equity benefits. smart and friendly people in a highly competitive fast-paced environment.

Cons

I've been extremely frustrated with limited growth path opportunities at Zillow. Every year there is a marketing reorg and a new boss who I have to prove my value to. I see product partners getting promoted left and right, and marketing leaves a very limited window open for promotions which are typically given to the lower levels. The biggest irony this year is by end of 2024 they laid off a bunch of directors claiming we're too top heavy, and come February they promote a Sr Dr to VP (because we need another VP??). It's been a rude awakening to realize this place is ALL about politics and if you don't want to play that game, you're out. It doesn't matter how stellar your work is or how strong your cross-collab partnerships are.. all that matters is making your boss' boss look good and bringing up how amazing they are in every possible forum. It's sad to watch and makes me want to jump ship.

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2.0
Nov 26, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Some wonderful talent all around and first rate engineers. The company used to embrace a strong work life balance, which has no gone to the wayside. Also some great personalities and people that are fun to be in the trenches with. Terminating our president was one of the better days. David Beitel is about as sharp as they come.

Cons

There is quite limited mobility within the company. Our hiring pipeline is abysmal. We don't practice what we preach. Teams are woefully overworked and understaffed. We are heavy on managers and low on individual contributors. Many managers are not even technical and serve as little more than bobbling heads. On boarding new engineers is comical, as if we were a two week old startup and not a company with almost two decades at market. We keep buying companies and integrating them poorly and tripling the work of our teams.

1.0
May 19, 2024

DO NOT WORK FOR ZILLOW/SHOWINGTIME

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Pros

Remote work. That’s literally all.

Cons

Where do I start let’s see hm well to start off I was completely lied to and sold a completely different job then I one I have. I was also told I was going to be guaranteed commission during ramp my first 3 months by my recruiter. 2nd day on the job Zillow has me sign an “updated comp plan” (I have now signed 3 different updated comp plans and I’ve only been employed here for 3 Months what does that tell ya!?!) well that comp plan I was forced to sign made it effective immediately that my guarantee pay while in ramp was no longer going to be paid out to me. Pretty sure Zillow is the slimiest company I’ve ever worked for. Pretty sad since I worked so hard to crush the interview only to be offered a terrible base pay (with no room to negotiate) I took this pay believing in the company I was going to be working for that I would work my way up be promoted etc like I have at all of my previous companies before. Now I cannot wait to get OUT. Then they turn around and say better then expected results on the earnings call lol let me be frank: showing time is an absolute nightmare and a sinking ship at best. Agents do not want this product it’s pointless and a total money grab it does NOTHING agents literally laugh and hang up on you when you have to dial over 100 times a day down the same list every other rep is calling down calling the same annoyed agents over and over again. It’s the worst job ever. I consider myself a professional sales person with over a decade of tech sales experience and this job is the most entry level position I’ve ever had. It’s embarrassing the management is even worse then the role itself if that’s even possible. My own manager who got Hired the exact same training class as I did but yet she’s my “manager” if you can call her that. She doesn’t know anything else to say except: dial dial dial! She literally is the wicked witch of the west with flying monkeys! When I ask for her help she directs me to “high spot” documents. She also just soley believes dailing more will solve everything. It’s almost laughable how measly the pay, how much this job is a micromanaging entry level dial your face off and make close to nothing in comission when you do close something, how impossible the product is to sell since it’s absolutely garbage and how no one wants it, oh and did I mention they are interviewing every single day since they already know it’s a swinging door? Total trash. Zillow, do better. Your employees hate you! real estate agents hate you!! Take the hint.

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