Nest vs. Google

Aug 22, 2017 13 Comments

Nest is owned by Google and I wonder if it makes any sense to try to apply to Nest? Are benefits/salaries comparable? Would be it easier to jump into Google later?

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  • Twitter / Eng
    Aquaman

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    Aquaman
    @tp - please don't join nest and screw up my nest thermostat
    Aug 22, 2017 2
    • Oh yeah, join twitter and make sure the stock sinks even more. Something something Glass houses stones. You have a great reputation for having shitty engineering systems. Also, 90% of Twitter Seattle is ex-msft. So shut your pie hole your retarded bird.
      Aug 24, 2017
    • Twitter / Eng
      Aquaman

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      Aquaman
      @SHizk I don't even know what triggered you. You should seek help as you don't seem mentally stable
      Aug 24, 2017
  • Curios to know Why do you want to move from nest to Google if you get in?Nest has opportunity to make bigger impact(in the future). Google has already made the impact. Waymo Nest and YouTube offers better opportunities
    Aug 22, 2017 2
    • I don't think so. Nest can be killed by Google anytime. Look at what happened with Motorola. I'm still curios why people buy Nest thermostats when they can buy a Chinese clone much cheaper. I don't see any future for Nest.
      Aug 22, 2017
    • Uber
      Blindbugs

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      Blindbugs
      You dont want the chinese clone to burn / freeze your house down, you like nests software better. Its like asking why iphone when you can get an no name $50 android
      Aug 22, 2017
  • Are Nest employees considered Google employees, or is it a completely different org?
    Aug 22, 2017 2
  • Google
    AdJs44

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    AdJs44
    Better to apply at Google if ur motivation is to get into Google eventually
    Aug 24, 2017 0
  • Google
    cXip46

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    cXip46
    I previously worked for Nest (first a googler, transferred to nest and am back now at google). Nest systems are completely separate from google and nest runs totally independent from google. You have a google badge and your paycheck comes from alphabet but that's about all that feels the same. Transferring back to google was easy for me because I was always a google employee and started there, but others who first were nest employees have had issues. The interview process for nest is different than google and reviews/ perf is also different so feedback doesn't map. This means a lot of folks have had to go through a ton of additional interviews when looking to change. If your ultimate goal is to get to google, just skip nest and go straight to google.
    Aug 24, 2017 1