Zillow stuck with remote work while other companies issued return-to-office mandates, and the decision has paid off.

Zillow’s CEO says it’s a remote-first company. Its office moves in the past five years prove that.

Zillow Group CEO Jeremy Wacksman. (Zillow Photo) Zillow Group is one of the most vocal cheerleaders of remote work, having shifted to its “Cloud HQ” model in the pandemic and touting the ...

Zillow employees have been working remotely since the outbreak began spreading in the Seattle area. Zillow CEO Rich Barton said the experience has changed his views on the work-from-home concept.

Last month, Zillow joined a growing list of companies that have decided to allow most employees to work from home permanently, even after the pandemic.

Critically, hybrid work—which mandates some set number of in-person days per week or month—is a different beast than remote-first, which is the Zillow model.

In April, employees were told they could work from home for the rest of 2020. During Zillow’s Q1 earnings call in May, Barton joked about the need for a home office.

Teams were so desperate to come together. What kind of results are you seeing from the remote and hybrid work strategy? We’re in our ninth quarter ofoutperforming residential real estate.

Much like Brian Niccol, another new CEO of a Seattle-based company, Wacksman leads his publicly traded firm entirely remotely. But unlike Starbucks, Zillow’s whole employee base is remote-first ...