Solid job if you don't take it too seriously - Anonymous employee Zillow Employee Review

3.0
Aug 2, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Nice offices. Good pay. Good work/life balance. Stable company. You can completely ignore office politics, but see "Cons."

Cons

Very easy to over-specialize. Easy to get stuck. Hard to move between teams or departments. If you completely ignore office politics you will have a hard time advocating for yourself. For example, I was once told that if I wanted to join another team, I should start by joining that team lead's running club.

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Zillow Response
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Thank you for the feedback. I'm not sure when you left the company, but one area where we've invested significantly in the past few years is internal mobility, and opening up opportunities on other teams. I expect our experience today to be much better than what you describe. -- Amy (COO)

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