Great Team Environment - Product Manager Zillow Employee Review

5.0
Aug 6, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Everyone in the office is working on a very broad range of products and projects, but it feels like everyone is rowing the same boat. Everyone is working hard trying to build a great experience for both Renters and Property Managers....and trying to get more of both using our sites and services. Great office culture. Lots of nice perks like Clipper Benefits, lots of free snacks and beverages (big variety), and weekly happy hours.

Cons

Being in a smaller remote office, there can be a bit less room for career advancement. However, this is improving with management's encouragement of cross office/team promotions and an expanding local office with growing teams. In addition, because of the office culture, every one is empowered to make improvements to the company, our websites, and our services. This gives everyone a sense of ownership, which makes working here more enjoyable.

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Zillow Response
11y
Thank you for the review. I"m glad you are enjoying your time at Zillow. The SF office is a great office, and I love the fact that it's focused squarely on rentals. It allows everyone there to have a common goal and focus. You are right that being in a non-headquarters office can sometimes be difficult. The whole company is becoming so much more distributed now though that it's hard to even know where headquarters is anymore. So I think this is becoming less of an issue. Of the 100 most senior people at Zillow, about half of them are now based outside of Seattle, believe it or not. Anyway, thank you for working hard on rentals -- it's so important to our future success here.

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