Toxic positivity fueling toxic culture - Sr Customer Success Manager Zillow Employee Review

1.0
Feb 11, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

- Good benefits - Opportunities for career advancement if you drink the kool-aid and hit sales goals - Remote work flexibility

Cons

- Relentless toxic positivity from manager level and higher - sales pros must pretend to be happy and pretend everything is amazing, or they will be targeted and forced out - Sales goals are high and often unsustainable - if sales pros miss goal 2 times in a row, they will be fired - Leadership pushes sales pros to take time off to meet their "work-life balance" goals, then sales pros struggle to hit goals and have to stress about getting fired - The cycle continues - sales pros are all miserable but stuck behind a facade of happiness and fun (see note on toxic positivity)

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Zillow Response
1y
We're sorry to hear that we missed the mark in providing you with a positive employee experience. We hold ourselves to high expectations and are committed to continuous improvement, and your review provides us an opportunity to learn and grow. We’d like to learn more about your experience, please email us at: careers@zillowgroup.com

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Very collaborative team, encouraging team members and managers. Great experience overall.

Cons

Because most people work remote, sometimes it can be hard to meet immediately to chat.

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Zillow Response
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Thank you for sharing your experience as an intern at Zillow. We’re glad to hear that your team felt collaborative and supportive, and that your managers helped create a positive environment overall. We also appreciate your perspective on remote work and the challenges that can sometimes come with connecting quickly in a distributed environment. Feedback like yours helps us continue improving how teams stay connected through Cloud HQ.
3.0
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Pros

You can make good money here.

Cons

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Zillow Response
1mo
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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