Overall great place to work at, though experience can be team-dependent
Pros
- Kind-hearted, talented coworkers who are willing to collaborate. - Company's mission to make the world a kinder place by giving people a neighborhood they can rely on. - Opportunities to take ownership and have an impact on important parts of the product - The first team I joined was great! The culture was low pressure and non-competitive while at the same time high-performing. My manager was empathetic and gave me great opportunities to grow as an engineer. I loved the team culture but ultimately switched to another team because the product I was working on was not the right fit.
Cons
- The second team I joined was a new team. The product vision on this team felt a bit scattered and our teammates were constantly being pulled to work on unrelated projects that diverted focus from the main product. The culture on this team felt a lot more high-pressure. There was a pressure to show off and demonstrate that you were working fast, and the deadlines consistently felt too ambitious. - The iOS engineer community felt a bit political. It felt like some of the senior iOS engineers had large egos, and you had to kiss up in order to remain in their good graces. iOS coops did not feel like a comfortable space for junior engineers to contribute. It felt like mostly a space for senior engineers to present and discuss best practices while junior engineers for the most part stayed silent. - While I love Nextdoor's mission to promote kindness, it was disappointing to observe how, in actuality, users of the product are often spreading negativity.
