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Fun Team, Chaotic Work

Software Development Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at Zillow for less than 1 year
July 13, 2008
Seattle, Washington
4.0
RecommendsNo CEO Opinion
Pros

Fantastic people, fun atmosphere, interesting technical challenges, easy to advance through solid performance.

Zillow is on its way to taking a big slice of the online real estate pie, which is only increasing in size.

They have a lot of talented engineers who understand what it means to work hard, play hard. Their business philosophy of handing useful information feels like a noble goal to work toward.

Cons

A chaotic work environment can lead to excessive stress for those who don't thrive on it. It can be difficult to push individual ideas and inventions into serious consideration relative to the vision of senior management or the company's more pressing business needs.

Advice to Management

Some of the biggest successes on the site were not the result of Senior Management's original visions.

Embrace the vision and fresh ideas of the engineers when determining the site's future directions.

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