Pros
Unsurprisingly, a company called The Nerdery will attract people with certain interests. I found it *much* easier to get along with people here than any other job I previously held. The only reason I'm giving 2 stars instead of 1 is because of all the great people I met. Further, because The Nerdery doesn't really limit itself in terms of technologies, it's a great place to gain knowledge in a wide variety of subjects and build your own worth to future employers. Lead/senior devs are genuinely experts in their fields and the UX team is rock solid, so the things you pick up are best practices and will be impressive on a resume. Lastly, *if you like dogs and/or aren't allergic to them*, there's lots of them around and most are super friendly to strangers.
Cons
Management, management, management. Aside from maybe 2-3 individuals everyone Director level and above should be replaced. It is offensive that the people in leadership positions have been allowed to stay considering how many bad decisions they make and the horrible, unprofessional behavior they exhibit. I don't even want to call them leadership because in the 2 years I was there, no one displayed any actual leadership qualities. You will find that 95%+ of upper management were hired within the first few years of the company's existence. Many are former developers. Let's take a look at that: the business is being run by developers. Under other circumstances, I'd think that was a great thing because then leadership can connect better with their employees. However, these former developers have zero business sense and showed very little effort to gain fundamental business skills through outside channels. So, essentially, the company is being run by people who know nothing about running a company. Lastly, and probably the largest reason why so many horrible decisions and things have happened to the company in the past 1-2 years, the company is a boys club. Is this unexpected for the development/IT sector? No, but the severity of the behavior is appalling and completely unprofessional. How are you supposed to be the best place for nerds to work if this is the example management sets and allows to permeate throughout the company? How are you supposed to be the best place for nerds to work if you're not constantly challenging stereotypes and industry discrimination issues to actually show you're deserving of the title instead of deluding your employees? In any case, the usual symptoms of a boys club are applicable here: inability to accept criticism, inability to accept differing viewpoints, reacting emotionally to things rather staying objective, and finally, inability to accept failure and learn from mistakes. I think it's more than clear that this company has a metric ton of problems all stemming from insultingly poor management. Mind you, the position I held was nowhere near the top, so the fact that I witnessed these things on a day to day basis (plus the long list of other issues I'm not adding to this review) should speak volumes to how shoddy management really is.