Bad management and Toxic culture - werkgeversreview Senior Software Engineer bij Zillow

1,0
16 jul 2020
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Pluspunten

Good pay and benefits, modern tech stack in some teams ( still a lot of legacy code ), free snacks and used to be free lunch on Friday only

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- Politics and nepotism, nothing is based on performance and what you deliver, It’s based on perception. lies and backstabbing, everyone stepping over each other. - Chaotic, always doing unuseful reorgs - Respect for differences and Diversity are non-existent except on the surface. - No clear roadmap or direction from management or product managers, especially with the Zillow Offer business. If you are looking to build and support a great product, then this is not the right place for you. - Biased, incompetent, and insecure middle management who lack integrity they work to protect themselves and not those under them and don't care about their career, and HR knows about that. - Turnover is high, a lot of tech people leaving - Lack of innovation in the tech side - Discretionary time off is not really used, your manager tells you to have limited days that you can take every year (2- 4) weeks so it's more of PTO - Cost-cutting everywhere even before covid19

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5y
Hi there, this is David Beitel, CTO at Zillow. I appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts about working in Zillow Group's Engineering org. As a leader, it can be hard to hear that not everything is going smoothly but I am here to listen and improve. You've listed a handful of topics that have caught my attention. If you're willing, I'd like to take this conversation offline with you to get some more details on your experience and discuss potential improvements to our team. Please reach out to me at davebei@zillowgroup.com if you'd like to connect. - David Beitel, CTO

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Thank you for sharing such a detailed perspective. We understand that frequent changes to roles, account ownership and business priorities can have a real impact on relationship-building and the day-to-day experience in sales. We’re glad to hear compensation was a positive part of your time at Zillow, and we appreciate you being candid about where the model and structure felt frustrating. Feedback like yours helps us better understand how these changes are experienced across teams as the business evolves.
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