Great people, lack of leadership hurts direction - Anonymous employee Nerdery Employee Review

3.0
Nov 14, 2011
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great Founders Cool Culture Great environment Good collaboration amongst teams (but not in overall org) Ability to bring dogs to work Good beer selection

Cons

Lack of leadership from director level managers Lack of understanding where success and failures come from Lack of customer service focus leads to loss of many clients Development is judged on hours worked but not if the customer actually likes the work While there is colloboration amongst some teams, others actually work against each other Low pay per maket Lack of fairness amongst employees

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5.0
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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
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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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