Too new - Anonymous employee Zillow Employee Review

4.0
Feb 28, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good energy, generous benefits, great snack, good onboarding: seems like a fairly flat management style, too new to the position to really make any comments.

Cons

The office space is just ok. Other than the standing desks and generous kitchen, the physical environment could be better.

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Zillow Response
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Thanks for your feedback. Sounds like you are off to a great start. If you have specific ideas about how we can make the office environment better, please pass that on. I'd be happy to take the feedback and make sure it gets to the right people for consideration. As you mention, we have made a few key improvements over the past few years, including flexible desks and good selection of healthy food (and a few options to satisfy our sweet tooth). Not sure what office location you work in, but the views in Seattle, where I have my desk, are awesome, and it is fun to be downtown with good transit options and only a few blocks from Pike Market. Thanks again. -David Beitel, Zillow Group CTO.

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