Best almost 7 years of my professional career - Development Manager CBT Nuggets Employee Review

5.0
Oct 25, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

There are the common things like: - great benefits - flexible schedule - silly amount of PTO - phone/swag/food Some uncommon ones: - free lunch every day - press box or court side tickets to Duck Football, Duck Men’s Hoops, Duck Women’s Hoops, and Seattle Seahawks games - Tickets for the Broadway series at the Hult Center - Fridge full of ice cream But honestly those aren’t the reasons I loved it there ( though the free health insurance for my family and school teacher-esque days off were very, very nice). First of all, it has some of the best people I have ever met working there. I made lifelong friends who inspired me to be a better developer, teammate, and person. Secondly, it’s professional development is second to none. You are able to train daily and go to conferences that are pertinent to your field. They have a dedicated team to setting up learning paths that help guide you to your career goals. I benefited from this immensely. Finally, I got to work with a lot of fun new technologies and build some pretty cool applications. CBT is not afraid to try new things and that is great for anyone who wants to be in a place that they can explore emerging web and application technologies.

Cons

This one is always tough for me. I have had a lot of jobs and seen some really bad behavior. And company cultures. There were times when I was super frustrated and angry about decisions or process. CBT will try things and will change its mind quickly so you have to be prepared for that. But ultimately the reality is that I got angry at those times because I really cared and I loved it. It would be frustrated because we were so close to amazing in my mind so little things can sometimes be overly frustrating. Apathy was never an option. I know that there are a lot of negative reviews on this site, and those people had their reasons for those, but at the end of the day, my experience was that I was working for a fast paced, future facing company that is trying to do amazing things. Not everyone will agree, but every job I have ever held had people that loved it and others that hated it. I happened to love this one.

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5.0
Mar 14, 2025
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Excellent benefits - 5 weeks PTO annually, free healthcare for your whole family, 401k matching Fully remote workforce Regular bonus awarded through profit sharing Casual culture, work hard play hard type of vibe You can get a lot of experience on a number of projects or collaborative work with other teams

Cons

Not a great place for people who need really structured management or tasks - you need to be self-motivated enough to get things done quickly as a remote worker, and be responsible and driven enough to be able to figure stuff out on your own as it's very trimmed-down on the management and operations side. Don't work here if you're not comfortable with shifting priorities - we work fast to try new things and pivot quickly as needed.

1.0
May 6, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Remote, team before everyone was let go.

Cons

Fear culture, no communication or rather, some manipulation. No collaboration amongst other teams.

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