Nest reviews

3.7

83% would recommend to a friend

(202 total reviews)

Marwan Fawaz

98% approve of CEO

67% positive business outlook

Nest has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 202 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Nest employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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202 reviews
5.0
Oct 10, 2014

Incredible place to work at

Anonymous employee
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Pros

I joined at the beginning of Nest history and can't believe it's only been a few years. I've learned to so much more in these few years than anything I could have learned with my previous employer in a decade. I've grown a team of one into a team of 10+ in the last year alone. I work with amazing people, on superb products. The energy is incredible, the pace is insane, but it's a ride that I would not replace with any other. And now with Google's backing, we have the means to achieve our dreams.

Cons

The performance bar is very high, so be ready to work long hours. I see a lot of negative comments about the fact that Tony is in charge of making every single decision. That's not true. But he does love a few key things like the design of the product and will go down to details on such topics. And he will be critical. But I believe it is for the greater good. Attention to details is key to the success of any consumer product.

1.0
Oct 8, 2014
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Pros

- Good benefits after the Google Acquisition (free meals, great 401K and health benefits) - Excellent space in the "automated home" with a lot of potential

Cons

- No clear vision and bad direction from its leaders. Product launches are never within schedule or products are shipped too quickly without the proper testing. - Inexperienced executive management, no real leaders to look up to. - Too many egos and wrong individuals appointed to managerial roles. - Treats its super star employees as "second class citizens" and those employees are starting to leave the company. - Teams are competing against each other instead of working together creating a very hostile environment. - Horrible work/life balance. Employes work very long hours and things still don't get done. Management doesn't seem to care about what is happening internally. - Bad environment and overall culture.

5.0
Sep 27, 2014

Exciting times, fast-paced environment, great team!

Anonymous employee
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Pros

For me, the best thing about working at Nest is the people. Super smart, motivated, and down to earth people (for the most part). We're also pretty lucky to be working at a company that operates like a start-up but has the resources/benefits of Google. It really is the best of both worlds. If you are someone who likes a fast-paced, demanding environment where you will have the opportunity to have true ownership at almost any level, then you will enjoy this environment. If you are looking for a slow-paced environment with no pressure and just want to play around all day, then Nest is probably not for you. We have incredibly talented people who are motivated by challenging problems and work extremely hard to ship great products. Don't get me wrong, we play hard too. Weekly BBQs and almost monthly beer bashes are great to socialize with colleagues outside of the office. There are also employee groups where people get together to go on bike rides, do bootcamp, kickboxing, play basketball, ultimate frisbee, and even beer drinking.

Cons

Nest had a huge year with the acquisition by Google, acquisition of Dropcam, international expansion, and incredible growth of the workforce. I think the company is feeling some growing pains at this time; however, it is understandable when a company more than doubles in less than a year. Also, perhaps some teams are too demanding. Hopefully we see this level out as more people join teams and off load some of the work, but at times people on certain teams might not have the work-life balance they'd prefer.

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