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Nice Snacks, Bad Growth

Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Zillow for less than 1 year
June 7, 2022
1.0
Pros
  • Some of the co-workers are really nice and helpful people.
  • Good learning opportunity, but only if you work for a team with a modern tech stack.
  • In-office snacks were nice.
Cons
  • No growth opportunities or only limited to people who managers personally like (nepotism/politics).
  • Low compensation compared to ongoing inflation, especially in 2022. Their stock also crashed below the grant price.
  • Manager's expectations from developers are unrealistic.
  • A lot of attrition after recent layoffs, and management is doing nothing to prevent it.
  • The upper management shows in meetings that everything is going perfectly and everyone is so happy, whereas the reality is different; employees are not happy.
Advice to Management
  1. Use common sense.
  2. Instead of doing fake surveys, actually listen to employee feedback from 1:1s, etc.

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