Thanks for creating Dropcam - I still love the device even with the Nest "improvements."
I also worked at Nest (on the thermostat product) and couldn't echo your comments more strongly.
Tony Fadell is a terrible manager. There are so many public data points at this point: the perma 6 day work weeks, the "f* being Googly" comment at the all hands, refusing to allow Nest employees to have the Google massage benefits because "they don't deserve it", and now, throwing a great team under the bus to hide his inability to manage. I have another twenty that I can't share because of confidentiality and I'm sure you do as well.
The fact that Alphabet/Google hasn't replaced him is a horribly disappointing statement about what they think is most important: profit, not employees, not culture. Or maybe not even profit after your comments. :(
Please do write the other story about your acquisition when you can - a lot of people here could learn a lot from it as a cautionary tale.
I also worked at Nest (on the thermostat product) and couldn't echo your comments more strongly.
Tony Fadell is a terrible manager. There are so many public data points at this point: the perma 6 day work weeks, the "f* being Googly" comment at the all hands, refusing to allow Nest employees to have the Google massage benefits because "they don't deserve it", and now, throwing a great team under the bus to hide his inability to manage. I have another twenty that I can't share because of confidentiality and I'm sure you do as well.
The fact that Alphabet/Google hasn't replaced him is a horribly disappointing statement about what they think is most important: profit, not employees, not culture. Or maybe not even profit after your comments. :(
Please do write the other story about your acquisition when you can - a lot of people here could learn a lot from it as a cautionary tale.