Nerd Block Reviews

2.6

38% would recommend to a friend

(18 total reviews)
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Russ Montague

51% approve of CEO

26% positive business outlook

Nerd Block has an employee rating of 2.6 out of 5 stars, based on 18 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there.

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18 reviews
4.0
25 Jun 2017

Theft condoned

Anonymous employee
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Pros

great bunch of people to work with, management doesn't look over your shoulder as long as you are doing your work

Cons

there are some that have walked out with merchandise and still remain working there, as to the hard working staff that didn't deserve the lay off

4.0
19 Jun 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Nerd block has currently gone through some restructuring. Most recently (as in last week) Nerd block cut about 20% of their office workforce. This much necessary restructuring was the result of two things: 1) Better staff that have pushed lower-performing staff to the sidelines, and 2) the company was simply overstaffed as it is. Of course layoffs will always bring out the worst in those who were fired. As someone who isn't a manager but has access to many people's workstations and has an insight on what people are doing this layoff should have happened a long time ago. There was a lot of dead weight. Lets replace those guys with some real talent. I consider this a pro because I, and many of us, were getting tired of working our butts off all day only to have someone sitting beside us playing around on Facebook or watching youtube. Thank you for making the difficult decision, Nerd block. We're a better company because of it.

Cons

We need to close some of these open deals! Let us get going on our future plans. So much hard work and planning went into some really big partnership blocks with massive studios and it feels like we're not moving forward fast enough. We should really make the holiday season with these products.

1.0
18 Jun 2017

No respect for employees or customers

Anonymous employee
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Pros

There are some good employees there and some friends to make, the office hours can be reasonable.

Cons

The way employees are treated is awful. I've heard the CEO say numerous times how much money he has and how he has the biggest house on his street, yet the employees are paid terribly and are expected to work so hard and not complain about not being properly compensated. When pay is addressed, he will pass it off as 'not his decision'. He has also made fun of several of the employees behind their backs but acts very friendly to their faces - does he not think we talk to each other about this? The other owner is very disrespectful in how he talks to the employees and talks down to you all the time. He is very uncomfortable to be around. One example : Just last year he screamed and swore directly into a woman's face in front of several employees. The woman was not an employee here, he was screaming at her to leave our warehouse, and it was awful especially for employees to witness that. They are extremely quick to threaten to fire you for anything. A very 'if you don't like this, there is the door' mentality. As another review said, dealing with the angry vendors over money issues is a constant. The products we are shipping out are very cheap, but they act as if we're the best in the business. We're always told we are such a leader in the industry, but this is a sinking ship. This place is managed so poorly. No employees are valued, unless you are one of a very few handful of people that are favored. I've never been talked to by managers at a job the way I was here.

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