Senior leadership no longer cares about employee satisfaction - Senior Software Engineer Zillow Employee Review

2.0
Jul 1, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Generally the people I work with are great. They are supportive, creative, and work well as a team. Work-life balance is good, although some teams have more on-call than others.

Cons

- Senior leadership has determined that inflation need not be a factor when calculating raises. - Also, we're having record profitability! But also money is very tight and we all need to tighten our belts. - Our stock is down 50% this year, but you all need to suck it up, even though stock is a huge part of pay. - We don't care that you are getting a 30% effective pay cut this year. - Performance ratings are calculated on vibes before reviews are actually written. - We've started outsourcing heavily to Mexico and India. - "We need to raise the bar" ("Please work harder for the same pay") - Health benefits have eroded for several years. - Other benefits have never been adjusted for inflation. - AI is becoming like a cult. We've actually been told that the dream is to never open a code editor again, despite the technology not being remotely ready for that (and with no proof that it is less expensive or saves time).

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5.0
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Cons

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Pros

- Great team culture - Supportive managers for career growth - AI first - Depending on team and org - amazing work life balance.

Cons

- No clear direction with AI just work on it constantly. - too much focus on engineering metrics that make you want to game the system and not actually work towards faster processes - CONSTANT org changes - If you get a good team and a great manager, you're set - nosediving stock

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