Google vs Zillow

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Apr 22, 2021 44 Comments

Hi friends, I need your help with next career choice decision.

Got these two offers:

Z: Senior SDE (P4): 200 base + 350/4 stocks + 120/2 sign on + 15% bonus = ~ 370 first year. Very interesting project and relevant to my experience, fully remote position.

G: got cleared for L5, no numbers yet, recruiter said offer will come after team match. Already 3 weeks in team match, recruiter send about 10 teams, all garbage, 3 teams wanted to match, but it's career suicide. I am looking only for Seattle teams. Tried to ping people from my network who are now at Google, but no real help, super frustrated with the process.

Question: do you think it worth to continue team matching with Google and reject Zillow? Zillow will wait for response 2-3 weeks max.

How is headcount in Google Seattle/Kirkland, is it possible to get into GCP AI platform or other ML related team as external hire?

Current TC: 350k 9yoe

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  • Tough decision. I would go to the place where you like the manager and project best. I rejected Google and chose Zillow due to a bad team matching phase at Google Seattle. I got a match eventually but it wasn’t a great fit IMO. I think Google pays better though and was disappointed with this year’s Zillow stock grant refreshes, which were significantly less than what the recruiter led me to expect.

    I think Zillow is awesome with remote work and if you prefer that it’s another reason to reject Google.
    Apr 23, 2021 21
  • Depends on the org in Zillow. If it's a role in growing Orgs like AI,ZO etc then the visibility and opportunities can help with career path. Really depends on your team. WLB is valued for sure in Zillow but some high impact projects have caused some stress for sure. Culture and people are really good but Zillow is growing fast so will be interesting to see how we maintain it in future. It seems like a top of the line offer for P4. You said your experience is very relevant then you can quickly make an impact and work with your manager for P5 level. It's possible, but in my experience need support from Management chain as someone mentioned above. Good luck , it's a good problem to have.
    Apr 23, 2021 1
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      Do you have any idea how’s the Zillow Offers org/team, it’s a new product so I think its interesting time to join.
      May 1, 2021
  • If a driver is wlb, Zillow engineers have a good life
    Apr 23, 2021 0
  • I don’t recommend Zillow over Google. Also I see people at Zillow P4 sometimes move to Google at L4. I’d say try to finalize with Google on the team quickly to be able to make a better decision.
    At Zillow finding a good team and manager is crucial since everything seems to be very political and often based on relationships.
    If you end up deciding on Zillow try to talk to a couple of the team members and get some idea beforehand. Even AI org has some bad teams with unhappy people.
    Apr 23, 2021 0
  • Okta
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    Google.

    Zillow’s annual review is totally ad hoc and highly political. Of course, if you have strong sponsors in your management chain you will be fine.
    Apr 22, 2021 0