NerdWallet Reviews

Pros

* Great work life balance. * People are not being forced to return to the office; it's 100% optional currently. * Most of the engineers I work with are amazing people. When we collaborate on things together I generally take it as a given now that people will go in with an open mindset and work together to solve things. We seem to work best when doing that. I really love working at NerdWallet. Even with all the negatives, ultimately it's a great place to work.

Cons

* Another reorg. Again! One every year for the past 3 years. I just got used to the last one! * Feel like sometimes there's a lot of problems we're being shielded from. Would be good to see a bit more of the fire. I think we bias a little too much for protecting people when we don't need to. * Probably time to start ramping up the compensation to keep a hold of the people with some years under their belt. People are getting itchy.

Pros

NerdWallet is one of the best companies I have worked for in my career and would recommend my friends and family. Friendly people with a strong desire&mission to succeed.

Cons

However, my review is based on the experience with the data team(esp. management, director level and up) in the past - micromanaging, promoting favorites, blame game, picking on individual to make them feel incompetent, constant negativity. Culture was such that no one worked together instead worked against one another, setting deadlines, big talk about process. This will continue elsewhere. Toxicity was cleaned to a certain extent but was too late and the damage was done. A lot of folks suffered! Now the management has changed but I see the same trend we’re heading to.

Pros

Prior to joining NerdWallet as a fully remote employee, the company was at 26% remote. The content team was mostly remote as their job function requires lived experiences across the United States. This means that NerdWallet had the building blocks before the pandemic to become a remote first company. I joined the company during the start of the pandemic, and thanks to the remote teams resources and guidance, I was able to snap right in to the rhythm of NerdWallet, despite living thousands of miles from the office. NerdWallet actively cares about its culture and its employees. There is not an accepted culture of burnout and overworking. The values of the employees, and the values we hold for our customers, actually mean something positive. Because this company is in the financial space, they have may mature and robust processes which is great for a company of this age and size. I have never, ever, been happier at work.

Cons

Some things move slowly, but, I would rather embrace that, then be annoyed by it. While there are many robust processes in place, there are still some growing pains, especially when it comes to mergers and acquisitions. This isn't the end of the world, and the bumps in this road are nothing compared to legitimate incompetency or workplace abuse. Those are things that do not exist here.

Pros

Exciting mission, some quality teams.

Cons

Strategy changes every quarter. There is a shocking lack of transparency that makes me question if we actually help the customers we serve. Compensation is below market for salary but especially for equity. If you want to spend the next years of your career getting micromanaged this is the opportunity for you For a company that tries to preach the value of feedback, you certainly don’t know how to take it