Management plays favorites - Software Engineer Nerdery Employee Review

1.0
May 19, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

It's essentially like your favorite dorm room in college. They've got soda, dogs, foosball tables (that I never actually saw being used while I was there) and a lot of beer.

Cons

They don't pay competitively, they try to lure you in under the guise that you are "special" because of their low acceptance rates and you quickly realize that it's not all that cool. It's very dirty, very dirty. Their main HQ office is a total dump compared their KC and Chicago offices, but they don't seem to want to invest. The new CEO leads with his emotions and doesn't really have any true business experience. The amount of turnover is astounding. You may get hired as a developer and sit on the bench for months with nothing to do but watch the clock tick.

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This is Tom O’Neill, carefully listening to every word and determined to lead with emotional intelligence.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
Jan 15, 2026
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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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