Best place I've worked - Principal Product Manager Zillow Employee Review

5.0
Jun 7, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Perfect balance of start-up culture with big-company respect for optimizing for longevity (great culture, work/life balance). Spencer is a great leader and inspires greatness in others. Market leader but doesn't act in the risk-averse way you might expect. Location can't be beat.

Cons

Rapidly growing and feeling growing pains of having to build better systems for communication and collaboration. (but this seems well-recognized and we're working on it)

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Zillow Response
8y
Thank you for your comments and your enthusiasm for Zillow Group and the great work and culture you are helping create. As we grow and reach various levels of success, we certainly need to be mindful of the need to invest in clear and consistent communication and not becoming complacent or afraid to take calculated risks. Hopefully you see our willingness and embracing of that challenge with the things we are doing on the business and supporting our great culture. Again, thanks for all you do to make Zillow Group successful and adding to our culture.

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Pros

remote culture as well as excellent benefits

Cons

not enough transparency into company wide issues

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Zillow Response
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We're glad Cloud HQ and benefits stood out during your time with us. Transparency is something we know matters to our people, and we appreciate you naming it. It's feedback we take to heart as we continue to grow. Thank you for your review.
2.0
Jul 1, 2026
Recommend
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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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