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Spencer Rascoff
521 Ratings
Pros
"Promotes a healthy work /life balance" (in 79 reviews)
"Free food catered in at least once a week" (in 54 reviews)
Cons
"Very little work/life balance in sales positions" (in 19 reviews)
"Zillow has been working hard to be more diverse and it is apparent in most of the department's, except for inside sales" (in 11 reviews)
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"Agenda"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at Zillow part-time (More than a year)
Pros
Good people and easy to make friends
Cons
Management not nice and on career path
Advice to Management
be nice
Zillow 2017-12-04 05:36 PST![Zillow Logo]()
"Great experience working here"
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RecommendsNeutral OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Zillow full-time (More than 5 years)
Pros
Work culture is awesome! Competitive and innovative work is happening. It’ll be interesting to see how things change in the real estate world in the near future. Snacks are great.
Cons
They used to spend a lot on company parties earlier. This is not a con. But some employees sounded happy with stock prices going up vs org spending on company parties.
Advice to Management
Good luck with instant offers!
Zillow 2018-07-19 04:48 PDTHelpful (1)
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"Innovative+Transparent+Truly Cares= Zillow Group"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Zillow full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
Innovative, cares about their people, always looking 3 steps ahead, fun, great culture, and rewarding.
Cons
I have no cons about this great company.
Zillow 2018-07-12 04:59 PDTHelpful (1)
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"Fantastic culture & strong mission"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Zillow full-time (More than a year)
Pros
In addition to the usual tech company perks (free drinks/snacks, happy hours, free public transit, etc.), Zillow has an unparalleled commitment to work-life balance. Management invests in employees through competitive compensation, benefits, career and technical development, diversity and inclusion, and an ability to transfer internally between roles and even job groups.
Cons
I have no real complaints. My only concern is that as the company grows beyond the point where institutional knowledge is scalable, there may be technical and cultural debt that prohibits growth and flexibility. However, I have confidence that management will try to proactively address this before it becomes a major problem.
Advice to Management
Keep investing in employees first, and it will pay dividends in the long term. Make it easy for all employees to voice concerns without fear of retaliation as middle management positions become the norm and ICs are further removed from the decision-making process.
Zillow 2018-07-12 08:41 PDT![Zillow Logo]()
"Working for a great company"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Zillow full-time (More than a year)
Pros
Work/life balance, competitive compensation, ability to create yourself and own your career, access to 'C' level management, candy wall, incredibly fast paced
Cons
Not working hard will be a detriment to your employment
Zillow 2018-07-12 04:51 PDT![Zillow Logo]()
"Best place I've ever worked"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Zillow full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
Culture, benefits, people, opportunity to grow, challenged, excited, fun
Cons
Nothing I can think of!
Zillow 2018-07-12 10:27 PDT![Zillow Logo]()
"Senior Business Consultant/Senior Sales Executive"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Zillow full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
Zillow was a great place for me to grow as a sales professional over the past 4 1/2 years. I experienced a ton of change throughout my tenure, and even more personal growth. This is a world class organization at ZGOC. There are some great leaders starting with a Senior Director who will be dearly missed when she heads north. The people are great here, that’s what I will miss the most. The product is best in the industry when used and scaled properly by the Premier Agents. The sales processes are great and ever evolving with consistent and ongoing training. The performance of the ZGOC sales team is the best in the company, and I am proud to have been a part of it. There’s a strong financial opportunity for top performance.
Zillow Group as a company truly follows its core values while working towards a strong and ambitious mission. Culture is amazing, benefits are awesome: health, 401k, fun office environment, award dinners, catered Friday lunches, food, coffee, ZG week in Seattle....Cons
It can be a grind, but when things roll they’re great.
Change happens fast, not a total con, but be ready to pivot at times and trust the process.
Entry level pricing in some markets prices out a lot of agents from the beginning.
Low turnout on the softball team often left us short handed for games.Advice to Management
Keep ongoing trainings, the growth/evolution of the sales team over the years is incredible. May need to re-evaluate the current state of the SE’s, moral seems low as attrition is high recently, especially after employee churn seemed pretty stable for a while.
Zillow 2018-07-12 21:48 PDTHelpful (1)
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"AMAZING"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Zillow full-time
Pros
- Lots of perks (snacks, drinks, happy hours, company parties)
- Great PTO and sick time
- Company is constantly growing
- Take very good care of their employees
- Healthy work/life balanceCons
- General expectations can be unrealistic sometimes
- Career path can be faint if not interested in sales or developing (specifically for this office)Advice to Management
Help employees see there possibilities career wise more clearly.
Zillow 2018-07-05 14:20 PDTHelpful (4)
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"Could be brilliant"
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RecommendsNeutral OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Zillow full-time
Pros
- Amazing work/life balance.
- CEO is one of the best and brightest. He truly cares about not just the business side of things but the people and Zillow Group's culture.
- Incredibly talented individual contributors.
- Benefits and stock are superbCons
- Leadership. Specifically in Brand Marketing. Tired leaders who have been at the company a bit too long and are no longer invested or willing to change. Some simply aren't equipped for the job and have been given too many chances.
- Takes a lot for a "bad egg" to be noticed by upper management/leaders and make moves.
- Unfortunate favoritism.
- Company wants to be innovative (as they say), but struggle with what this looks like, who to listen to, and how to go about it.
- Zero company-wide processes (it's a free for all)
- Individual Contributors aren't set up for success and growth (managers don't know how to help directs manage growth or how to answer simple questions)
- Leadership ego and attitudes (negative and toxic)
- Lack of empowermentAdvice to Management
- You've hired incredibly talented employees in-house who are invested and want to create great things ... Use them. Use their abilities. Let them flourish and grow. Everyone is on the same team.
- Recognize when middle management and upper management are no longer performing and/or are toxic and simply not following ZG's core values.
- Re-thinj "Move Fast. Think Big." No one moves quickly on something and has been able to do it *well.*Zillow 2018-07-18 13:17 PDT![Zillow Logo]()
"Good company but not challenging"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Zillow full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
Wlb is awesome. People are very friendly and downtown location is good. Company is expanding quickly into new areas and growth is amazing.
Cons
As some others have mentioned that compensation is a bit lacking though not too much.
My major gripe is that work is not very challenging. It is tedious and needs you to think about how people will use it best but from a purely engineering perspective it is not hard and doesn't meet the rigor that you expect. And you can argue that you should engineer what people want to use but sometimes I feel my skills are underutilized and getting rusty.Zillow 2018-07-16 22:16 PDT
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20 Dec 2017 – Zillow Group Representative
Thanks for your feedback. I am glad you found it easy to make friends at Zillow. I would like to understand more around your comment on management, please reach out to me @ dans@zillowgroup.com . We have multiple ways that someone can get support if they have concerns with management so I want to know if there was more we could have done to support you. We wish you the best in your future endeavors.... MoreLess