Nextdoor

2.0

Aug 2, 2023

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- interesting technical problems - very collaborative engineering culture - lots of opportunity to work on different things over time. Company is typically open to lateral movements across teams and occasionally functions. - genuinely some of the best coworkers I’ve had across my career — I have immense respect for the colleagues on my team and beyond who have taught me so much - I’ve learned more at Nextdoor than anywhere else I have worked

Cons

- C suite is incredibly out of touch with employees. CEO (Sarah Friar) and head of people are both incredibly tone deaf and rude to employees. I’ve had direct personal interactions with both that gobsmacked me with how unpleasant they were. - all hands is regularly a pure propaganda hour. No honest communication with employees. - strategic investments in growth above all feel shortsighted. Leadership has failed to adequately invest in making conversations on the platform less caustic (we all know that uncivil and sometimes racism conversations about crime are all over the platform). The teams that try work on this are pretty much ignored. - Recent RTO policy announcement was communicated incredibly poorly. Completely ignored most Q&A and offered no real concessions to working parents. CEO public ally called out an employee for being “rude” when they politely communicated disappointment in the policy. Pretended that the first half of the year was an “experiment” in RTO to collect data about if we should do it, then announced that the choice to do RTO “is not about the data” and is a “principled choice”. The only conclusion is that they looked at the data and it did not support their conclusion.

Nextdoor Response

Hi neighbor. Thank you for sharing your feedback and dedication to Nextdoor over the years. We value your opinion and take it very seriously. Earning trust is a core value at Nextdoor, and the most important part of what we do is building that trust with our employees and neighbors. We aim to facilitate open, inclusive discussions on sensitive topics as a company and we want to ensure that you have a safe space to freely express your opinion and engage with our people leaders and leadership team. By addressing hard topics in the open, we’re continuing to build a culture based on trust and transparency. If you’re open and comfortable bringing your concerns to your manager, People Business Partner, or a member of the People Team, we are here to listen and would be more than happy to go into more detail with you.

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