Looks good from the outside, not the inside - Software Developer Nerdery Employee Review

1.0
Dec 6, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Free soda, food and swag.

Cons

* No standard for yearly raises. * Bonus system (PBR) favors those that are lazy and lie on their time sheet. * Developers need to have perfect timesheets with 40hours of development on it, or they will get yelled at by management. * Majority of developers and project managers have no idea how to develop quality software. * Developers write software requirements * Developers write test cases * Arrogance that they are the best, and anyone not working for them is not worth their time. * Doesn't matter how much experience you had when hired, because it isn't "Nerdery Experience", and your project lead will most likely be someone with less than a years worth of profession software development.

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5.0
Jan 23, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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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
CEO approval
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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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