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Not the same company. - Anonymous employee Nerdery Employee Review

3.0
Jul 16, 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The Nerdery started their growth with a business model of working with agencies. They focused on agencies that didn't have the in-house talent to build out the website part of rebranding or marketing initiatives. Somewhere along the way, mobile apps and other services became part of the offerings, but websites were always the bread and butter. They figured out they could make more money by helping companies do "digital transformation". Hired a new CEO and tried to turn on a dime to go after relatively huge clients. As a result, the business model is almost completely changed. There's much less website work. The remaining work is also different, so there's turnover/layoffs. The sales cycle takes longer. Not doing smaller projects means there's less ability to simply get the foot in the door and eventually scale up to large transformation projects. There is potential here for the company to make money. No idea what it's going to be like for developers. Biggest pro for the company is work/life balance. This hasn't changed - if you make sure your work is taken care of, you have flexibility (time off or work from home) to do what you need .

Cons

The high point of the Nerdery was always the people. Passionate developers that care about their work. This is becoming less and less true. Some people are being let go. Others are leaving because they don't feel as secure or engaged. No idea how much this will continue. I've seen people laid off that I consider to be top notch, first class nerds. The sales people I've talked to have been really alienated as well. There seems to be less opportunity for real engagement with the work. Bottlecap - the Friday end of week party used to be an opportunity for socializing. It helped knit the company's culture. Now it's been moved to noon, and there's less socializing.

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Nerdery Response
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Thank you for spending more than five years of your career here and for sharing your insights with us. You are absolutely right that our business model has shifted away from primarily supporting agencies and creating marketing sites towards long-term partnerships with our clients who are facing a wide range of digital challenges. The primary reason for continuing to evolve our business model is that we are an organization that was founded on the premise of being a part of the changing technology landscape, which allows for a dynamic career opportunities for our people and for Nerdery to remain relevant in the market. Whether or not you agree, we believe the work that Nerdery was doing 5 years ago is increasingly commoditized, which means a limited market for us and limited advancement opportunities for our people. Regarding the Bottlecap knowledge-sharing and social events, we shifted the events to take place at noon on Fridays vs. 4 p.m. so that more Nerds could participate. In fact, I’ve heard a lot of positive feedback about the change and the higher attendance is also great validation. While we have had some folks leave over the last few years, I’m really proud of the strong team that we have as well as our recent hires. They continually push us to be a better Nerdery — internally as a team and as we serve our clients.

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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
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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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