Awesome CEO
Fun perks- happy hours, events, parties, etc.
Great culture
Loved co-workers
Cons
Overwork you, and expect you to work about 10 hr days, no overtime
Constant cold calling, and once again, expect you to stay into late hours/early mornings doing so
terrible work/life balance
Zillow Response
10y
Thanks for taking the time to relate your experiences at Zillow and I am glad there were some positives to your time here.
In regards to the work life balance issue, we believe it's important to be able to achieve sales goals in an 8 hour work day and that's how we operate on a day to day basis. The vast majority of our sales people would tell you that we've have achieved the right balance - With good focus , our people are able to exceed their goals without having to work extended hours or weekends.
Doug Slotkin
VP, Local Ad Sales
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).