Hard work in a demanding environment that was disorganized but rolled out innovations regularly. - Anonymous employee Zillow Employee Review

3.0
Mar 2, 2012
Anonymous employee
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Pros

I enjoyed the pace of innovation. New ad products would get rolled out frequently, there was a willingness to experiment, the developers were responsive. Since it was a start up environment, there wasn't a lot of bureaucracy or politics.

Cons

Work flow processes were not defined, there was almost never any needed technical documentation, management did little, work priorities were set by squeaky-wheel-ocracy. Lots of senseless fire-drills and working late. Overall lack of organization. Laid off 1/3 of the company when times got rough.

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