A lot of experienced and great people to work with but don't expect it to last - Software Engineer Nerdery Employee Review

3.0
May 20, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

At the time I was part of the company (close to 5 years), most of the people I met was passionate and experienced professionals. I learned a lot from my time there, soft and hard skills and people genuinely tried to do all what they could to help you in any way, if you need it.

Cons

During my time there I was assigned to 5 different projects, during this transitions no one got much of a communication to me or to my team, the way it use to go was: - You wake up, ready to start your day and before you have your daily stand up someone would tell you: "You got reassigned to project X, the PM of that project will send you invitations for meetings and introduce you to the team". While I can understand unpredictability, would be nice to get notified in advance and have something to say about where you'll work and what lessons can be learned from the experience. You go through constant reviews (1 per trimester, 4 per year), while necessary it feels overkill and sometimes it took from my daily work. Lastly, seems like the company is on the side of the clients, meaning if the client decides they don't like you, the manager will put the spotlight on you no matter your track record and you'll be put in "probation". While I understand the client having precedence, this doesn't mean throwing under the wheel your developers, have respect for them and first listen both sides, if a client wants to get a different developer just because a developer missed to mark a checklist, that is fine but then don't put on the line that developer.

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Nerdery Response
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Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback from your nearly five years with us. We're glad to hear you valued working alongside passionate and experienced professionals and that you gained significant skills during your time here. One of the dynamic aspects of our work is the opportunity for team members to engage with a diverse range of projects and clients, which we believe offers valuable experience and growth. We are, however, always looking at how we can improve communication and internal processes surrounding these changes. We appreciate your insights and wish you the best in your future endeavors. Thank you, Nerdery Leadership Team

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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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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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