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
4.0
Sep 12, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Nest is a very collaborative place to work where you can ask coworkers and leaders questions and insight. Leadership is strong and wants to know where they need your help. It's great to see that they share roadmap and direction of the company so that everyone understands our long term goals and how this will impact the business. I love the fact that it still feels like a start-up but has all of the Google benefits. We work hard and have drive because the work is impacting the business and the future of an conscious home.

Cons

Teams are growing to support having a lot of project with hard deadlines. This is expected but means there is not enough time to get everything done and requires us to reset priorities and ensure you are working on what will make the most impact for the business and consumer.

5.0
Sep 12, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

It's amazing what the teams accomplish in short periods of time. Every day you are exposed to challenging if not impossible milestones and we all push together and ultimately make the impossible possible. We each are literally changing the world with our products and I haven't felt this type of innovation anywhere else.

Cons

We work hard and fast and sometimes too hard and too fast. I anticipate we will find the happy medium which allows us to still lead the industry and maintain a sustainable work pace for the employees.

1.0
Sep 5, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The connected home and devices are a really awesome cool space to be in, and Nest is the leader in that space. Nest is a media darling. People think Tony Fadell is amazing so you get to put on your resume you worked for a Time magazine 100 (and you do work for him, not Nest). Another awesome part of working here is that everyone external thinks the company is awesome, so you'll have a nice resume boost. On paper you'll be part of something people think is cool. The first product is indeed awesome and is the iPhone of thermostats. After that, there isn't a lot of substance. It is a one trick pony, and flat at that. There are people passionate about the brand. Nest has a strong in-house creative team. You will find some individuals that are really smart and fun to work with. You are part of Google after all, so the benefits are the best you'll ever find. Food at Google is amazing and will be with new campus.

Cons

There is a lot of animosity and territorial battles among teams. This is creating a pretty horrible culture in which employees are just flat our disrespecting each other. Feels like people don't want to be here despite the passion early stated above. Decisions that should happen at the manager level or below and only take 20 minutes end up getting put into Keynotes and going all the way to the top for Tony approval. This means so much time is wasted on the easy stuff and that the really important decisions and work is rushed. The least agile company I've ever been at. Deadlines get pushed back constantly, not for lack of resources, but because of constant meetings and planning: MRDs, PPRs, blah blah. Just do it! Keynote presentations galore. People at the lowest level wasting time making Keynotes they shouldn't. Emails at 10PM for things to be completed by 9AM... really? There are several employees that seem to be just counting the days to their 1 year cliff so they can collect their share of the 3.2 billion buyout and stopped caring about making a great product. You'll hear things like, "only X number of days left" A whole lot of yes men going around saying, "Tony said", "Tony wants" when they likely weren't even in those meetings. No one is thinking for themselves and the best ideas are not heard if the people in the room think Tony wants blah blah blah. Smart people having redundant meetings over and over and over and over and over.... because it's what the culture does, not because they want to be in the meeting. People don't really work together. It is all a facade.

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