Zillow fired two employees in the Irvine office after investigating the sexual harassment charges, and says that while it takes allegations like those raised in the suit seriously, they do not reflect the company’s workplace culture, The Recorder reports. “You’re calling potential customers who’ve been bombarded by the same calls now for years.”īeginning last month, Seattle-based Zillow has been hit with four lawsuits from the same Los Angeles-based plaintiff’s firm, Geragos & Geragos, alleging wage-and-hour violations, sexual harassment and age discrimination at the company’s Irvine, California, office. “Much of your time is spent calling real estate agents who often, literally, tell you how much they hate your company and think it’s bad for their industry,” said one reviewer. Last year, Zillow Glassdoor ranked Zillow 26th among medium-sized companies employing 250-999 employees, with 4.1 stars.Įmployees who took this year’s survey listed pros pros of working at Zillow that included a “work-life balance generally has gotten a lot better since the startup days,” and a “fun atmosphere, lots of free food, great salary, big impact on the site.”įor the company’s sales force, cons included the company’s reliance on call time as a metric to measure employee performance, and warnings about difficulties in dealing with real estate agents. 30 and is set to get even bigger when it completes its planned acquisition of rival listing site Trulia. Zillow, which has grown its headcount by 34 percent this year, employed 1,100 as of Sept. Glassdoor ranked Zillow as the 33rd best place to work among companies with 1,000 or more employees, with the popular real estate search portal earning 3.9 out of a possible five stars based on employee reviews submitted between Nov. In news that couldn’t have come at a better time for the company, Zillow has been named one of the best places to work by jobs site Glassdoor, based on the results of a survey conducted before the company was hit with four labor-related lawsuits during a two-week span.

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