Zillow Knows How To Sell A Home And An Irresistible Work Culture

If you’ve ever shopped for an apartment to rent or a home to buy, you’ve likely used or heard of Zillow, the Seattle-based real estate and rental marketplace. Not only is this company known as the leading market that helps renters and homeowners find a place to call home–but they’re also widely recognized as a great company that employees feel at “home” in.

With a company rating of 4.2, Zillow employees don’t have much to complain about, rather, they really love working at Zillow!

Here’s an inside scoop at a company featured as one of our top 50 best places to work.

The perks

From health insurance, to stock options and 401k plans, to paid vacations, sabbatical and free lunches and gym memberships–Zillow provides a lot of perks and benefits to its employees.

“They’ve thought of everything and provide an absolutely phenomenal benefits package,” writes a former Senior Business Consultant for Zillow.

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Employees are most excited about Zillow’s maternity and paternity leave program, which offers men 8 weeks off for paternity leave, a perk one employee from the company’s Denver office says is “unheard of in the Denver area.”

“There are 16 full paid weeks of maternity leave. That is absolutely amazing,” describes another Denver-based employee. “They also give us 1,000 dollars in amazon baby bucks for diapers and other essentials we may need. They help cover infertility costs and adoption if needed.”

Employees also rave about their health insurance options and vacation and paid time off policy–which offers three weeks and one week for sick leave.

The people

Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff is one of Glassdoor’s Highest Rated CEO’s of 2016 with a 96% approval rating.

Most employees say that love their co-workers at Zillow, describing them as one of the best parts of working for the company. Moreover, they say those who work on management, as well as Rascoff, are always approachable.

“Innovative, fast moving, fast growing company with great people who love to come to work every day,” says a software development engineer at Zillow. “We have very smart people here to learn from, excellent people who do their jobs well so we can do our job well. We work hard, but have a lot of fun. The work life balance is great.”

The office digs and culture

As if working with great people wasn’t the best part about working at Zillow–you have to see their office location! Located right in the heart of downtown Seattle, the company’s headquarters is one of the major benefits to employees who love living and working in the Pacific Northwest.

“Best work environment of all time, location is wonderful being in downtown Seattle by the waterfront with minute walk to Pikes Place Market,” explains one Zillow employee.

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Fun and positive are the two words employees consistently use in their reviews to describe the working environment and company culture that Zillow has created.

“Zillow is a great place to work at if you’re proactive, hard working, creative, and an innovative problem solver,” explains a current program manager at the company. “Clearly their amazing benefits and fun work environment are huge perks, but for me, the way Zillow allows employees to come up with ideas, run with them (as a pilot, small project that grows, or mini initiative) is the reason why I love being here.”

The pay

Another reason Zillow employees love working at Zillow? They are happy with their pay! One employee points out a major pro that Zillow offers is a compensation plan, stating that it offers the ability to make six figures within your first year.

The company has 699 salaries reported for 326 job titles, showcasing the average pay for roles such as an account executive ($72,323), software engineer ($108,247), inside sales consultant ($41,007) and software development engineer ($101,984) and more.

The verdict

Zillow is a growing company that only continues to improve both its product and its employee happiness.

“I’ve been at Zillow for 3 years and through tremendous growth they continue to upgrade everything from my pay, to benefits, to social events, to the actual work space. Shown tremendous dedication to driving employee happiness,” says an employee from the national business development department.

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Source: Glass Door