Pros
Very laid back environment. If you want to work from home, you can. If you want to do your own thing and not get involved, you can. If you want to bring your dog, you can. If you want to fly under the radar, you absolutely can. Some fun in-office perks. Salad bar once a month, birthday cakes once a month, food on Fridays, beer taps if you stay late enough to enjoy them.
Cons
Lack of direction. Management seems to be floundering with deciding what the company is and where it's going. This has trickled down to team members not sure where their projects and work fits into the future of the company. While leadership tries to communicate, the direction isn't clear and uses a lot of larger industry terms that are hard or not able to apply to real world project examples. Lots of people continue to leave. Many of the best and brightest have left making those who are still there wonder why they should stay. A lot of mentoring and knowledge has left with those people leaving a big hole at this company. The path forward seems blurry at best and it probably won't get better for a long while. Lots of managers who don't manage. The Nerdery suffers from a lot of mediocre people (who shouldn't manage others) being in higher lever positions in the company. They don't want to put in work to make things better but rather enjoy their position and have other people do their work. There needs to be a drastic overhaul of all management levels and hopefully there's someone who has a good sense for management talent who can try and promote the right people into those positions. Compensation is low. Pretty far below where the industry standard is. Good talent costs more and without The Nerdery being willing to shell out more dollars for good people, they'll never replace the huge amount of talent they've lost. Culture is failing. The culture used to be one of inclusiveness, quirkiness and fun. Now it feels like, as an employee, you're not an individual anymore. You're just a number on a spreadsheet who needs to maximize their usability. Leadership couldn't be further from the real workers in the agency. Saying "my door is always open" doesn't mean a thing if you don't listen to people. Lots of word around the office that it's no longer the best place for nerds to work which is too bad. No career paths. Very difficult to see a career path at this company. No matter how hard you push, you won't get a clear answer from the head of your department head or practice lead. Confusing roles. Lack of role clarity is big here. They keep rolling out new titles and roles with little or no communication about what they do or how they interact with other roles.
