The Nerdery is full of bureaucracy and distrust but has strong developers - Software Development Manager Nerdery Employee Review

2.0
Jul 12, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Free soda and weekly bottlecaps are great, and many developers are extremely intelligent and can tackle anything if they're allowed to. Benefits are pretty standard, but meet my family's needs. Work/life balance over the weekend (not during the week).

Cons

A lot of CYA attitude. Constant 'written warnings.' People at the bottom of the org chart are pulling 2x their weight and getting paid half of what they should. Relatives of senior management get their friends and family members to have jobs that they are not suited for. Projects that go well get recognition, projects that don't go well get everyone in a room and everybody gets yelled at, questioned and dirty looks, but senior management never cares to find the root of the problem. The root of the problem is that the company doesn't trust its own employees and puts automated systems in place to alert others when you're doing something wrong. Resource Manager is disliked by everyone and is a major kink in the hose, so projects get the wrong people at the wrong time, which just hurts clients and the Nerdery's reputation.

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5.0
Jan 23, 2025
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Pros

One of my favorite things about working at Nerdery was how my job was different every day, kept me in my toes and kept my skills fresh and current.

Cons

Some of the departments lacked clear direction.

1.0
Jan 15, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

- Actual client work is fun and we don't typically work with clients who are really aggressive with consultants. - Still have the opportunity to be remote

Cons

- Leadership is poor and consistently reactive. - There has been no real plan to improve the sales pipeline for nearly 3 years, but don't worry the man responsible for that failure was recently hired as a CEO elsewhere. - Layoffs happen, but there are examples where Nerdery leadership laid off employees who asked difficult questions or challenged leadership's ideas (e.g., retaliation). - We no longer have domain experts. Instead leadership is an account executive with an inflated title who might be pleasant, but doesn't actually have the expertise to improve the work. - Benefits were good when I started and now they are abysmal.

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