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Supportive People, Growing Pains

Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Zillow for 2 years
December 11, 2017
Seattle, Washington
5.0
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Pros

The biggest thing that sets Zillow apart from other places I've worked and from where many of my friends work is the people. Zillow has a very open and friendly environment that encourages collaboration and growth. It isn't just your coworkers, though. Management, from your direct management to group managers and even VPs, is invested in you personally. They care about what you're working on. They care about what you want to work on. They care about making sure you aren't working too much. That you are happy in your position and team. They care about your career development. There is a lot of support from all sides, and no issue will go unaddressed.

Cons

Zillow is a medium-sized, fast-growing company. That means it has all the medium-sized company problems: frequent team reorganizations, cross-office communication problems, and growing pains from trying to rapidly leave old, crufty systems. It's not bogged down by bureaucracy yet, but it is definitely infected with some old code.

Advice to Management

Keep it up. Push harder on prexit (getting out of old code).

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