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Re: Real estate site Zillow cuts 40 employees

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Re: Real estate site Zillow cuts 40 employees

Liem — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:38:15 -0000

Putting out an ad to hire is different from providing an exact time/date of hire of every employees. I know a bunch of company who say they are hiring and provide ads to prove but when the people who apply don't seem to get hire, they got suspicious. There are reputable companies that are harvesting resume ... I don't know what but I don't trust companies that say they are hiring without providing proof time/date and who they hired.

Re: Real estate site Zillow cuts 40 employees

Anthony Ha — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:27:02 -0000

Pics or it didn't happen.

Re: Real estate site Zillow cuts 40 employees

Anthony Ha — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:26:50 -0000

It's probably a mix. In Zillow's case, I haven't seen any reason to think it's anything but the latter.

Re: Real estate site Zillow cuts 40 employees

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:11:11 -0000

Has anyone ever seen Zillow's offices? They are luxury high rise offices in one of the most expensive buildings in Seattle. Rich Barton's office is about 100 sq feet, it's like a living room plus and office.

Yeah, I'm sure they are getting a great deal. blah...blah...blah. But this company was not run as a lean startup, never was from the beginning.

Re: Real estate site Zillow cuts 40 employees

Jim — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:17:46 -0000

Was all this going to happen anyway because these firms run bloated? Is it about speculative hiring etc and a fallout or about panic and shoring up for an extended slow period? Id like to better understand the context. No joke MocoSpace is HIRING, not firing.