Kind > Polite - Anonymous employee Nest Employee Review

Direct, but kind: The organization embraces disagreement as a critical element of building new products. When someone disagrees, we listen. When you make a suboptimal decision, people will tell you. This is very much a personal preference, but I have found this aspect of the culture to be a breath of fresh air in a broader west coast tech culture that values politeness and passive cues over discourse. A sense of ownership: your job isn't to solve for a narrow intersection of the business, your job is to think holistically about what is best for the user and the business in the long term.