It’s a battle of the online real estate database companies for today’s Culture Showdown. Let’s see how Zillow and Redfin employees feel about their companies based on Comparably’s data.
OVERALL CULTURE
One Zillow employee writes: “Great company and culture, working on problems that are impactful for society.” Another adds that there is a “strong focus on work-life balance and collaboration.”
About Redfin, one worker tells us Redfin is home to a “friendly and collaborative culture.”
CEO
About Zillow’s leadership, one employee tells us, “the executive team leads with integrity and focuses on the well-being of their employees.”
A Redfin employee says the company’s leadership is “sensitive to the perils of ‘executive swoop-in,’ and strikes a healthy balance between team accountability and team autonomy.”
Female employees of the respective companies rate Rascoff higher at 96 and Kelman lower at 78.
COMPENSATION
A Zillow employee is critical of his company’s compensation methods, writing that “the company undervalues IT employees in favor of overcompensating developers.”
“We’re paid competitively, which is awesome. But most people here work for the mission, which is also awesome,” says a more satisfied Redfin employee.
PERKS AND BENEFITS
As for Zillow’s benefit package, one worker writes us that the company offers “fully paid benefits, 401k match, and generous equity choices.” Female employees of Zillow rate their benefits package less enthusiastically at 74% approval.
Redfin offers “great health benefits and maternity leave plan,” according to one employee.
GENDER & DIVERSITY
A Redfin employee writes that they work with “diverse, smart, interesting people.”
