Lack of career development and earning potential - Recensione dipendente - Software Engineer presso Zillow

1,0
5 giu 2021
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

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Coworkers and team are incredibly talented and smart

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The company has a policy where if you make an internal transfer to a different team or department with a more lucrative field they're not going to increase your salary. Let's say you make a move from senior customer service to a software engineering role and have to take a small step down in job leveling. Even entry level software engineers make on average more than a customer service advocate, but HR will reason that due to your "lack of experience" you won't get a salary increase. If you make a lateral move, it is the same thing. The company will push back as hard as they can to under pay you while they spend over hundreds of thousands of dollars to bring in external candidates. I believed HR when they gave me this reasoning and was underpaid by over 50k a year because I trusted them. This didn't just happen to me but to other teammates as well. It's company policy. During an internal mobility workshop, someone asked if ZG will atleast compensate successful transfers with salaries that match with their roles market value. The response was "we try to make the best offer right off the bat and maybe will negotiate depending on the case." This essentially is a big fat no.

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Risposta di Zillow
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Thank you for sharing your feedback with us. Internal career mobility is really important to us at Zillow Group- so important that we offer training on career moves and a dedicated team to support internal moves. Unfortunately at times we have more interest in positions than opportunities. Pay is always competitive based on market and experience so would be glad to discuss your concerns. Feel free to email me at dans@zillowgroup.com.

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