Pros
* You might get some freedom, if you're (very) lucky. * Their interview process was one of the best around Lausanne, which lead them to hire skilled engineers - not sure if that is still the case
Cons
Most of their IT suck. It starts with the clunky infrastructure, heavily based on puppet, with very average sys-admins (some are barely able to write a script or understand the red hat package manager). Unfortunately as a software developer you must get through them to have anything deployed. Then their applications... it starts with the infamous Nesclub2, based on Hybris, written by a cohort of junior Moroccan developers (in Morocco). Then the even worse Nesclub3 supposed to work with SAP (no comment), written by another bunch of juniors (this time from Italy)... A lot of their tools seem to come from the 90's, reflecting their management practices, which is the worst part of Nespresso. Managers (some are called 'architects') are literally clueless and are just good at one thing: politics. That's really what differentiates an engineering company from a cafe company: in a cafe company, IT guys are just seen as labourers that are totally expandable.