Does it end up using more power? Or less? If it's less, why would they want that (we pay less)?
Had several recruiters ping me from Nest on LinkedIn. Is working for nest the same thing as working for Google in terms of interviewing bar? Are employees free to internally move to other companies in alphabet from nest? What's the culture like at nest? Same benefits, pay, perks?
FIRE is a concept that’s attractive to a single 25-30 year old but IMO very few people actually can do it . Life happens and there is a lot of randomness that goes along with it . Marriage , kids , house , education, healthcare etc . It’s good to build a nest egg for emergencies or retirement but un...Read more
Prior to Nest being integrated under the Google Hardware division, I heard that there was very little mobility from Nest to other Google teams because it was thought of as a different company. I have an offer from Google and am wondering if joining Nest would be limiting in some way? Also, how has N...Read more
I recently got laid off on a H1-B visa. It would be helpful if you could please offer to refer me for software engineering positions. Please let me know if there are any opening in your company that might match my skill set. Skillsets: Programming Language: TypeScript, JavaScript, Frameworks: Nod...Read more
If you’re a current Nest employee, say a Software Engineer, how hard is it to transfer to Google? Do they require you to go through another interview process just like others outside the company? Or do you just talk to Nest HR and they’ll work it out with you? I heard someone saying that Nest HR wil...Read more
Nest, amazon, adp, local companies, others? What’s yours? And why is it better than others?
It owns Google but how about other companies under alphabet, easier to get in than Google? Eg nest, waymo, loon, wing, verily etc. TC 210
when google acquires a company, do the employees from the acquired get leveled based on google’s payband or keep the existing TC? @looker @nest
https://www.reuters.com/technology/google-lays-off-hundreds-employees-advertising-team-business-insider-2024-01-16/ Google is laying off hundreds of employees in its advertising sales team, the Alphabet-owned (GOOGL.O), company said on Tuesday, marking the latest cuts at the search giant. The move...Read more
Had a call with 3 team matching teams at Google. 1) Google Play - Deals with publishing applications on play store, auto updating android applications, auto updating play store itself. Backend role. 2) Google Store (Backend role) - Team that facilitates order returns/ replacements 3) Google Nest -...Read more
What discount do employees get for company hardware? Apple (iphone/ipad/macbook/etc) Google (pixel phone/nest/google home/etc) Amazon (echo devices/ring/etc) Microsoft (surface devices/xbox/etc) : 15%
How does Google cooldown work? If you apply for some specialist position and fail, can you apply for a general SWE ? Or one failure puts you in the cooldown? What about other companies in alphabet like Waymo and youtube? Is failure in one automatically gets reflected in sister companies? #google ...Read more
There's been some buzz and a recent article about the CEO of Nest, Tony Fadell, putting down the engineers from the Dropcam acquisition as "not good as he thought they were." The CEO of Dropcam wrote a medium article in response to the article. What are your thoughts about Nest, the company, and a...Read more
My recruiter for one of Alphabet's subsidies told me that it's easy to transfer to other companies under Alphabet (including Google) without having to re-interview. So long as the job I'm applying for is similar in another Alphabet company, I was told that I would just need to put a packet together ...Read more
I have verbal offers from these companies for software engineering roles ( I have around 3.5 years of experience along with a Masters ). Will hopefully get the numbers this week. I am inclined a bit towards lyft as its still young, seemed to have good culture and felt like the work will be exciting....Read more
Debating whether to get a smart doorbell either a Ring or Nest. All my phone, location, blah blah blah data is already owned by any company with an App, but feel like the home front has been the one place Of refuge and privacy (Google earth aside). Now I’ll be giving a live feed of my house/neighbor...Read more
I am a Hardware Engineer looking to transition into consumer facing product design and am passionate about IoT, Home Automation, and Wearables. Here are a list of companies I am already looking into: Nest, Fitbit, Google, Amazon Labs, Apple Any other promising companies out there you guys recommend...Read more