Rapid decline! - Software Engineer Zilliant Employee Review

1.0
Mar 10, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Zilliant used to be fairly good just a few years ago.

Cons

The company slowly started falling apart two years ago and has been falling faster and faster MoM in the last year. Engineering became a complete disaster in 2025 (much worse than you could picture). For a number of months, every major engineering leadership decision was terrible, flat out ridiculous. There have been multiple (yes multiple) series of layoffs in just the last 3 months. Most of the best workers have been laid off or quit. I would not recommend any friend to work here, even though I would've just a couple of years ago. There is a very high chance the company is going under very soon or getting resold and the investors are cutting their losses.

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5.0
Jun 14, 2024
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- New product vision and strategy that builds on history of artificial intelligence and solving specific use cases - Incredible culture of collaboration and kind people who like to solve problems - Huge vision for growth that challenges the status quo and is willing to take risks and make mistakes - Remote first environment allows for flexibility - So many things are changing and opportunities for growth. If you can figure out a solution you can go after it which is a career trajectory changing opportunity.

Cons

- There has been a lot of change in the transformation and periods where it has been unclear of the path. Uncertainty and fast paced environment isnt for everyone. - Remote first environment is a pro but can be a challenge when driving change because things can get lost in translation

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1.0
Mar 10, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-Monthly Zen day -Solid benefits and Parental leave -Co-workers are genuinely good, smart people

Cons

-I would advise not working here unless you are desperate and need a paycheck. The product isn’t good; Sales hasn't closed any new business in months. The PE board has made a series of poor decisions that negatively impact the GTM team. Marketing has zero direction, and the list goes on. -Burnout across the board due to the constant changing of priorities and initiatives. -Sales and Marketing are not aligned in any way, shape, or form. Marketing wants to push the new product, while sales wants to continue selling the legacy product to hit their number. -CRM is a hot mess due to the constant revolving door of operations folks who are either completely undoing what the previous regime did (for better or worse) or fixing an issue the previous regime caused. -Sales leadership doesn’t hold anyone accountable. -Marketing tries a million different strategies and initiatives, but nothing sticks and nothing works at all. -Leadership pushes vanity metrics and numbers to build fake narratives and mask root-cause issues.

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