Nested

These are people you'll want to be friends with. I felt included in everything from the very beginning.

At Nested I don't have to constantly prove I know what I'm talking about. The team values my expertise in the matter and trusts me when I make decisions.

We have an individual budget to learn things and they were very encouraging when I said I wanted to learn to communicate myself better so now I have a weekly class with an expert teacher. We also have a rotation on feature leading, so we all get to learn about leading a project in the team and collaborate with other teams in the business.

I feel like my manager really cares about me and my progression. In our weekly one-to-ones, he listens to how I'm doing, gives me advice and answers my questions, and he often finds/creates opportunities for me to develop and learn.

I joined Nested from a bootcamp and I've been working across the whole tech stack almost since day one. Working side by side with more experienced engineers means I've learned a lot from them, and my manager is always pushing me to take on new things as they come up.

I've never worked with such a lovely warm, welcoming and fun team as at Nested. There are super nice and interesting people across the whole company, but the tech team is the coolest of all 😎 Every standup has something to make me laugh, people are very engaged and interesting (both with work and non-work stuff), and when we're in the office we all have lunch together every day.

During my time at Nested, I have started a family. The parental leave policies are good, and my work is flexible enough to let me spend quality time with my family every day. e.g. While working at home I am able to attend mealtimes, cover for my wife when she needs me to, etc. e.g. When in the office I can leave early, have dinner and the nighttime routine with my child and then work a bit after that. As long as I'm getting my work done no one is counting the hours I do, and if I do need to put in more time to get things done I can do that on a schedule that fits me.

We have a variety of different backgrounds here, in particular in the tech team where we represent 8+ nations in a team of (at time of writing) 15. More than that though we sponsor work visas. We hire junior and don't require a degree to work here - having taken on folks straight out of software bootcamps and internships. We've put a lot of effort into making sure when we look for new hires our ads are out there in the hands of global platforms and specialised recruiters based in different continents.

I personally have had 4 promotions in the 4 years I've been at Nested. We have a clear definition of what roles look like, how people in them behave and every three months we review our personal growth and set personal goals. We have a bias to action here, it's one of our values, so I've been fortunate enough to be able to find key initiatives that need doing and get on with them. Nothing better for personal growth than taking on bigger and more impactful challenges.

I joined Nested two weeks ago and I have felt welcome and supported. Everybody is really nice and we have lots of talented individuals in all areas of the business.

As part of the data team, I can see the positive impact of my work in all the other teams. I believe the company will become a huge success story so it feels like joining Nested was a very good decision.

There is no fixed working hours so you can start and end or split your day any way you want. This gives you flexibility to do what you want when you want to do it.

This is a key value which runs throughout the whole team at Nested on a daily basis. As a whole company, we have weekly meetings where leaders and newbies alike share progress and challenges around the company. This includes stats, tech progress and finances, amongst other things. It's a very transparent and supportive environment which both celebrates achievement and highlights areas for focus. Communication in the team is also very open and honest which makes it a very trustworthy, safe and enjoyable environment in which to work.

There are multiple shoutouts every week for people who have done great work, and these always go to a wide variety of people across the company. Nested also values feedback as a really useful tool to both recognise great work and provide encouraging advice on how to further progress in a really supportive way.

Nested is a very flexible place to work and very family friendly. There are no set start and finish times which means you can really work around what suits you best. This is great for me as a parent - I love it!

Everyone is super friendly and is always willing to help a new starter. I feel like I have learnt a lot and learning never stops. Also management hierarchy is flat so its common for a new joiner to work closely with very experienced people.

Tech stack is really exciting and modern. Most tickets are full-stack, and feature the whole spectrum of technologies, you always feel like you are learning!

Very modern interesting stack. A lot to learn here

Nested has an all-hands meeting every Friday for the whole company, where any and all company metrics are shared openly as well as updates on key initiatives around the business. Cash burn, runway, lead volumes, sales close rates, product successes and failures, we discuss it all. You can ask anonymous questions to the CEO every week too. In product and engineering we share our salary bands, have a defined salary/performance review schedule, and everyone has weekly 1:1s with their manager to discuss anything they'd like. We encourage everyone to spend 1 hour a month writing another team member some constructive feedback so we're always growing too - feedback is a really key part of Nested's culture.

Everyone at Nested is lovely and we have a really tight-knit and sociable group as a result, but my colleagues are all super smart too. Engineers regularly push me to think differently, I'm always learning and the smart insights from across the tech team and the business pushes us to build better products. The people at Nested are usually the main reason people love it here.

We believe the property industry is broken and we have a lot of work to do to realise our vision to fix it. There are lots of challenging problems to solve and we want to solve them all as quickly as possible while building products of a really high quality. Work/life balance and the ability to work flexibly is very important to us at Nested, but this isn't a 9-5 job - your colleagues work hard and produce outstanding work and will expect you to too.

Genuinely fun and caring team - no one takes themselves too seriously, no one has an ego. We love a social (virtual or in person) and are always keen for a beer after work. There's a great culture of showing appreciation for eachother and celebrating everyone's successes.

This is one of our company values, and its one the company really lives. There's a lot of transparency from board level down, and a clear strategy at the company and team level. We always know what are mid and long term goals are as a business, and we work collaboratively across teams to achieve them. In engineering, we're open and honest in retros and when giving feedback (which we do monthly) - but its always delivered with empathy.

We hire from a broad range of sources and have a really diverse team. We hire people who share our values, regardless of who they are or where they are from. I'm proud that our engineering team is almost 50:50 male/female with lots of parents and lots of different nationalities. We know we can still improve on diversity but I think its something we are doing really well.