The people, the culture, the innovation. There are so many creative and intelligent people here. I feel motivated to do my best each day.
Svantaggi
The only challenge is the growing challenge of communication between teams and departments as the company grows. We're doing ok, but it's something we'll have to stay on top of.
Risposta di Zillow
11y
I definitely agree that staying on top of cross-team communication is a priority as we are getting bigger.
Thank you for taking care of our users -- customer support is so important. We spend so much effort and money attracting our audience and our advertisers that we have to make sure they both have a great experience once they are inside the Zillow community. That's where support comes in.
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.
Svantaggi
- 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).