Zillow treats their Employees like Trash! - Account Executive Zillow Employee Review

1.0
Mar 11, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Work from home. Literally the only positive, and why they get away with all of the cons.

Cons

DO NOT come to work here unless you are unemployed, I suppose. They churn and burn here and recruiters will lie to you about the job, to get you in. If you don’t perform in the first 3 months, you are out. I started with a hiring class of 45 and only 5 of us were still around after 1 year. There are dozens of people on mental health leave because of the toxic positivity and high sales quota environment. Every employee is severely unhappy here, but put up with it because of work from home. Unrealistic expectations of the job: you need to cold call/ new business, then onboard, and provide customer success for the first 3 months bc if they cancel on month 3, you get the churn. So if you enjoy doing the work of a demanding sales rep job AND a CSM in 1 role, by all means join Zillow! Leadership handicapped the sales team by limiting what agents you could reach out to, and made everyone call a book of business based on bad data, so the only reps actually making the quota are calling outside of their book and breaking the rules. But leadership doesn’t care- ask for forgiveness not permission is a common trait here. Just in general- don’t be too friendly to your co-workers, you don’t want to feel bad when Zillow fires them after a couple of months after you see them trying their best and following everything their manager tells them to do (again- impossible expectations). I knew it was bad when they did a lay off and were letting managers go of previous top performing employees that had been with Zillow for 8 + years! They have had FOUR mass layoffs in the last 2 years. They do not care, so join at your own risk. Don’t be fooled by their good work benefits, because you are not going to make it long enough to actually use any of them LOL

avatar
Zillow Response
3mo
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. Your perspective matters and we appreciate you sharing it. We know that growth looks different for everyone, and your feedback gives us valuable insight into how that experience is landing across teams. One of our core values at Zillow is Own It — which means being accountable for our impact and constantly looking for ways to improve. If you’re open to continuing the conversation, we’d welcome your input at careers@zillowgroup.com.

Explore other reviews about Zillow

5.0
May 13, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great company to work for

Cons

Long hours with low pay

1
2.0
Jul 1, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

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).

6
See reviews by: Helpful|Rating|Date|All