Pros
Google Benefits - Pay, RSUs, Health Care, Child Care, Free Food Smart People - Work with some of the most talented engineers in the Valley Passionate Engineers - Engineers care about their work Beautiful Product - Engineers have vision
Cons
Unfortunately Apple culture is alive and well at Nest. Fear Based management is prevalent with Micromanagement to the Nth degree a not only a norm but also fully encouraged by Directors and above. Product is stalled due to manufacturing operations delays as Apple management seems more interested gathering irrelevant data to impress C suite as opposed to providing actual results. Expect management to play "pin the tale the on donkey" (you) as opposed to being collaborative and supportive and providing direction, encouragement and guidance. Employees are threatened, accused and intimidated as opposed to being inspired and empowered Ex-Apple employees use Nest as a direct pipeline to pull their former Apple co-workers which only further engrains the Apple culture at Nest. Expect to spend your lunches talking about Apple as Ex-Applers love reminiscing about their days at Apple with little passion shown for Nest or Nest products Management hides information from cross functional teams to better advance their agenda as opposed to advancing the product to the best interest of the company (No transparency). Few Nest employees are happy or actually want to work at Nest and are instead only waiting for their Nest vesting before leaving. There is a HUGE exodus to Google and this is apparent as new departures happen on a daily basis Although Google recently booted Tony Fadell, the Apple culture is too fully engrained to be purged from this Mess of a Nest. Upper management has wasted the efforts from truly talented Product Design and Industrial Engineers by trying to be the next Apple instead of just releasing cool product which customers would love. Advise: Steer Clear of this Toxic Heap of a Mess.
