Is Zillow a good company to work for?

Zillow has an overall rating of 3.4 out of 5, based on over 2,691 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 3% over the last 12 months. 55% of employees would recommend working at Zillow to a friend and 48% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Zillow have been left by employees working as Software Development Engineer , Senior Business Consultant and Sales Associate .

Does Zillow pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Zillow employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.5 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Zillow. This rating has decreased by 4% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Zillow?

55% of Zillow employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Zillow 3.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.5 for culture and values and 3.1 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Zillow?

Sales Executive (137) , Software Engineer (73) , Account Executive (69) , Inside Sales Consultant (69) , Mortgage Loan Officer (46) , Client Engagement Specialist (43) , Software Development Engineer (40) , Senior Software Engineer (35) , Connections Specialist (33) , Loan Officer (31) , Business Consultant (30) , Director (28) , Advisor (27) , Business Advisor (25) , Program Manager (25)

What are the pros of working at Zillow according to real employee reviews?

"Benefits are great and helpful" ((in 367 reviews)); "Great people and mandatory fun (no joke)!" ((in 236 reviews)); "The company will consider input from all levels and fosters a great work life balance." ((in 163 reviews)); "Good pay and was remote." ((in 95 reviews)); "Great teammates and company culture." ((in 56 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Zillow according to real employee reviews?

"Senior leadership made some very poor choices in allowing the Zillow Offers biz to continue on." ((in 93 reviews)); "Made some bad calls in 2021 that caused massive layoff" ((in 62 reviews)); "If you have a good manager who doesn’t micro manager you will be great." ((in 57 reviews)); "Upper management seems adamant about providing the best work environment for their employees and has put forth much time and energy into this matter." ((in 26 reviews)); "No training was given." ((in 25 reviews))

What are employees saying about Zillow layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Zillow layoffs and their outlook for job security at Zillow in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Zillow locations?

Seattle , Irvine , Denver , New York , Overland Park , San Francisco , Atlanta , Centennial , Dallas , Scottsdale , Los Angeles , Phoenix , Chicago , Kansas City , Lincoln , San Diego , Austin , Cincinnati , Tampa , Orlando , Washington , Minneapolis , Houston , San Antonio , Portland , Kansas City , Texas City , Sacramento , Jacksonville , Miami

Zillow reviews

3.4

55% would recommend to a friend

(2,505 total reviews)

Jeremy Wacksman

58% approve of CEO

48% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.7

Diversity & inclusion

3.6

Work/Life balance

3.5

Culture & values

3.5

Compensation and benefits

3.1

Career opportunities

2.9

Senior management

Zillow has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 2,505 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 24, 2009

Fun place to work. Relatively low stress considering the fast paced environment. Minimal micro-management.

Anonymous employee

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Pros

1. Excellent knowledge transfer (dev and test seem to share information freely) 2. Low bureaucracy (no trivial meetings, micro-management free, flexible time) 3. Friendly people (definitely less than a 10% jerk rate!) 4. Plenty of opportunities 5. Awesome location (the views really are breathtaking) 6. Free bus pass

Cons

1. Low pay (if company never goes public -- not taking options into account, I estimate about a 20% lower salary than perhaps Microsoft and Amazon) 2. Benefits are mediocre at best 3. People might be starting to worry if zillow will go public (Are we hoping for this to happen in 1, 2, 3 , or more years?)

4.0

Oct 21, 2008

Pretty good while it lasted

Anonymous employee

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Pros

I enjoyed the open and giving atmosphere. Collaboration and cooperation was definitely the norm at Zillow -- everywhere you went, there were people having impromptu meetings, sketching on whiteboards, working out problems together. Everyone was focused on creating the best product possible and invested in helping others create their best work to get there. The development cycle was tight controlled and executed, which allowed for quick turnaround on features. Everyone gave 100% and was serious about their job -- I can only think of one or two people that didn't seem to pull their weight (and there's always at least one, right?) All in all, the people were absolutely the best.

Cons

For me, I sometimes felt that, since I wasn't a java dev, that I wasn't privy to a lot of information that they were getting. They seemed to know about a secret repository of knowledge that no one else did, so I felt like I was playing catch-up all the time. I personally was not given very much training to start, so I felt there were major gaps in my knowledge about how the site worked and was put together. I was issued a VERY slow computer that impeded my productivity tremendously, and prying loose the resources to buy new equipment was difficult.

4.0

Sep 5, 2008

Great company but you better be ready to work hard!

Director

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Pros

Important mission, innovative products, empowering business culture. You need to be ready to dive in and be a self starter, no hand holding here. Decision making is decentralized and everyone can have a voice. Most employees believe in the mission and all have equity. Lots of fun perks - the usual Internet start up stuff + surprisingly strong benefits.

Cons

Sometimes there is to much debate, fairly relentless pace. Business side needs to be willing to travel.

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Fun place to work. Relatively low stress considering the fast paced environment. Minimal micro-management.

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