Great Culture, Great Future - Anonymous employee Zillow Employee Review

4.0
Dec 28, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

strikes perfect balance between startup mentality and fun with responsibility of a publicly traded company. great benefits. incredible views at their downtown office. likes to promote people from within, many opportunities to advance. upper management is accessible and available at any time to talk to, including the CEO. as long as it makes sense on paper, both logistically and financially, the company will accept any ideas and improvements from any employee, no matter what position they hold.

Cons

some departments need some restructuring as new positions are created with the changing of the professional world. need to improve interoffice communication between Zillow and their other companies (Trulia, StreetEasy, HotPads, etc.)

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Zillow Response
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Thank you for the review and I'm glad you are happy here. We will not stop pushing ahead! If you'd like to give any more specific feedback under what you wrote in the "cons" you are welcome to email me 1:1 any time. - Amy (COO)

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