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Marwan Fawaz
9 Ratings
Pros
Working with smart people, nice environment, free food, pet friendly , great boss (in 10 reviews)
Very good work environment love working with the tech company (in 10 reviews)
Cons
Complete lack of work life balance (in 7 reviews)
Sometimes long hours, frequent travel for Ops teams (in 8 reviews)
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"Exciting place to be, with lots of talented people."
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Nest full-time (More than a year)
Pros
- Extremely talented, hardworking people who are passionate about the connected home space
- All the "perks" of Google, but a very different culture than Google. And I see that as a good thing. Teams work very hard, but it's worth it to be able to accomplish amazing things in a very short period of time.
- It's fun being at a company that is shaping the future of how people will live in their homes with great technology, and a product & brand that people love.
- New CEO (Marwan) really cares about employees, and enables leaders to work with more ownership than previous leadership
- Opportunities to collaborate with teams across Google.Cons
- Still some operational growing pains as we scale from a startup to a large company in a very short period of time.
Advice to Management
It's disheartening reading some of the negative/past comments. I never felt that Nest was anywhere near a toxic place to work, even under the previous CEO Tony. Perhaps the engineering organization had a different experience that I have in the sales/marketing org. Either way, I can say the company has definitely changed a lot in just the past 6-9 months. Employees are empowered to make changes to help the business grow from a startup to a high-functioning large organization.
Nest 2017-05-14 15:04 PDTHelpful (1)
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"Amazing Place to work for people who are passionate about smart home technology"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Nest full-time (More than a year)
Pros
Smart, talented and dedicated people
Amazing products
Autonomous work environment: You're given the freedom to get your work done without micromanagement
Real enthusiasm for making a difference in the world by providing energy efficiency and safety and security to our customers.Cons
The hours are long and the work is intense.
Advice to Management
Keep on hiring great people and creating awesome products!
Nest 2017-05-11 12:15 PDT![Nest Logo]()
"Pretty good company"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Nest full-time (More than a year)
Pros
Good pay, full Google benefits, smart and friendly co-workers
Cons
Project schedules are pretty aggressive
Nest 2017-05-14 08:38 PDTHelpful (2)
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"Mixed Bag"
StarStarStarStarStarDoesn't RecommendNo opinion of CEOI worked at Nest full-time (More than a year)
Pros
Google benefits and RSUs
New challenging spaceCons
bad management
too much politics
need to justify $3.2 billion purchase priceAdvice to Management
cut back on number of projects
staff projects betterNest 2017-05-13 20:09 PDT![Nest Logo]()
"Software Engineer"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at Nest full-time
Pros
Things made a big turn around with leadership changes.
Cons
The former leadership was a problem.
Nest 2017-05-03 01:19 PDTHelpful (2)
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"Flash in the pan and going down fast"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at Nest full-time
Pros
High paid talent, good benefits. Free food.
Cons
Poor execution, lack of break through products. Seems to spinning the wheels with no significant progress.
Advice to Management
Alphabet should probably shut down Nest permanently. Lack of a new, break through product is an embarrassment. The Nest reputation within Silicon Valley is not good and its name does not improve the resume.
Nest 2017-05-09 20:40 PDTHelpful (15)
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"Stay away if you value your mental health"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at Nest full-time (More than a year)
Pros
401k on par with Google standards
Shuttles to Palo Alto
Free food
Medical benefitsCons
Rewarding of bullying behavior
Lack of support
Complete lack of work life balanceAdvice to Management
A lot of people see this role as part of Google but it really isn't. The Nest culture is the diametric opposite of Google and as a result the company has serious retention issues as employees vest and flee as quickly as they can. The company's best days are behind them and I don't expect anything of consequence to emerge from the company as their announcements become weaker and weaker. Their latest innovation is differently colored rings on their thermostats? This is a clear sign they cannot innovate on a hardware or software level as they are hemorrhaging talent. If their recruiters approach you, run.
Nest 2017-03-04 12:16 PSTHelpful (3)
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"Getting better, but still lacking"
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Doesn't RecommendPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Nest full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
The external-facing parts of the company are great. Great brand, marketing, products, HW design, company mission about saving energy and keeping homes safe, and a nice app experience.
Cons
Internally, the company is still recovering from being raised by neglectful leaders (and CEOs) who ran the teams ragged. Product development is done painfully, in functional silos with little ability to cooperate cross-functionally. Current leaders are guiding things in the right direction, but there's still a long road ahead of roadmap commitments. In the past, teams were burned out by these over commitments. It remains to be seen whether 2017 will be more of the same. There may be a rosier view of things from the business teams who aren't responsible for building the products.
Advice to Management
Improve the product development culture.
Nest 2017-01-26 15:27 PSTHelpful (1)
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"Software Engineer"
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Pros
Great company culture, management really wants you to succeed and is sincere. great work life balance, very interesting and rewarding work.
Cons
I have nothing I can say that is bad about Nest. I had a great experience overall and hope that this review attracts several others to work for the company.
Advice to Management
Really good job in treating employees respectfully. I will always cherish my time at Nest and I wish you the best of luck in finding new workers
Nest 2016-11-18 00:00 PSTHelpful (1)
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"Tier 1 Tech"
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RecommendsNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI have been working at Nest (More than a year)
Pros
Very good work environment love working with the tech company
Cons
open 24/7 not sure how I feel about working over night
Nest 2016-09-20 14:43 PDT
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