Zillow Employee Reviews about "upper management"

Pros

Employee development is encouraged, flexible work schedule

Cons

Mistakes were made in the ZO business, starting with upper management. The result was layoffs of a lot of people who were led to believe they were part of a growth strategy.

Pros

Decent pay, good benefits, and if you can buy into the illusion that you work someplace where your upper management cares, then sure, you can enjoy it here until your entire department is demolished. I'm extremely lucky that didn't happen to me.

Cons

All of them. Zillow claims to pride itself on being a modern, caring, woke workplace where all are welcome. And while they do make a nice little show of that, in reality, this is a place where any criticism is met with a termination warning and a plan by upper management to work you out of the company one way or another, even if they have to start firing your direct reports out from under you and blocking you from meeting with the head of HR and gaslighting you by claiming that you were the problem all along. While there, I was ordered to tell my direct reports never to share their bonus totals with one another, nor to share their raises or salaries after promotion, because it would be seen as "unprofessional." I was outvoted on many hiring decisions because a person seemed like they would not be a "culture fit" because they were a woman whose bra strap showed during her interview or because she had dyed hair. Or that we couldn't hire a candidate of color because English wasn't their "first language" and that they might not know enough real estate terms, while we hired white people who said "Relator" instead of them. I had peers confide in me that they were told that they could never be as successful as male peers or male managers if they had dyed hair or showed any skin at all, even while many of the female upper managers did precisely that every day, much to their career's benefit. Often, managers would make up new rules for calling in sick because they were mad that one of their employees had done so, including asking about the details about their illnesses and asking when, as in when during that same day, they expected they would get over their illness and would be able to make it in to the office. And just in case you think they were mad because they thought people were calling in for hangovers, drinking was encouraged while on the job at times, as there were bar carts all over the HQ office and alcohol was provided at many times at other offices, although I will say that this was a little more under control as the company grew and they realized it would be a bad look if anything became public because of that. Nothing, and I cannot stress this enough, NOTHING, would ever lead me to recommend someone working here again.

Pros

It was a wonderful job and then upper management in Seattle decided to let everybody go and laid everyone off before the holiday season.

Cons

Run away the leadership with lie to you and then let you go before the holiday season.

Pros

Phone , fitness membership and transportation fees to work are reimbursed monthly

Cons

Salaries are not competitive. The company is cheap and offers no end of year bonuses, unlike every other company in this industry. HR is a joke and are useless. You're belittled by upper management and not given assistance to develop. You usually aren't able to use your time off when it matters the most, ex: holidays.

Pros

Health benefits & flexible time off policy

Cons

Toxic culture, dishonest leadership, clicky teams, gender bias and no willingness to address upper management personnel who are a big part of the problem.

Pros

-Health, Dental, and Eye Care plans are top of the line -Benefits and perks in general at Zillow lead many larger tech companies like Amazon and Microsoft (more so before COVID-19 and WFH) -Company recognition of the importance of a sensible work-life balance -Sense of community within the company, even while working remotely -Indefinite work-from-home option -Company-wide efforts to improve WFH flexibility outside of typical 9-5 hours, especially for parents -The majority of the individuals that you work with are great people, inside and out of work. There is certainly a Zillow-factor for the type of people that are hired here. -Transparency from senior leadership -Diversity & Inclusion is highly valued and practiced

Cons

-Business roles do not receive the same degree of competitiveness as tech roles when it comes to compensation -As the company grows, most All Company meetings are beginning to feel more and more like stakeholder presentations compared to the exciting and inclusive update meetings held in the prior years -Upper management is largely dialing down on employee events like Holiday/Summer parties and ZG conferences to cut down on expenses, leaving company-wide morale noticeably lower than previous years -The amount of diversity seen in the workforce at Zillow does not match the amount of diversity seen in executive leadership