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The Nerdery

Number of employees in region: 193

Workplace Strengths

Website: www.nerdery.com
Careers: nerdery.com/jobs

Recruiting open house - In heavy hiring mode, The Nerdery held a recruiting open house in the fall of 2009; about 60 aspiring nerds came.

About The Nerdery

The Nerdery is dedicated to providing web development services (nerds) to advertisers, marketers and others with big interactive marketing ideas. The Nerdery is a real place near Minneapolis where nearly 200 people draw little distinction between work and play.

With nearly 200 agency partners nationwide. The Nerdery (http://www.nerdery.com) is an unstumpable web partner, ready to manage complex interactive projects on time and on budget. We execute the design and strategy of agencies whose client workload requires skilled web developers; our programmers work as an extension of their team, implementing their strategy and design, pixel perfect.

What the employees say:

What aspects of your benefits package do you find most valuable?

The unlimited sick days. While I haven't had to take full advantage of it, it's nice to know that I can if I need to, and that I always have the option to work from home so I don't have to worry…

What makes you feel appreciated at this organization?

I'm able to give my input on the direction of various technologies in the company. As a Senior developer I have a direct role in setting policy for my particular platform and helping the junior…

I love my job because...

The people. I have the chance to work with some amazing, ridiculously smart and talented people. The variety of work keeps things interesting and I have a lot of influence on decisions made in the…

What do you find most motivational about working for this organization?

That they give me the opportunity to go down the career paths that I want, using the technologies that new, we can always stay on the cutting edge and I don't feel like there are any limits at all

What contributes most to your recommending working at this organization to others?

The overall morale of the employees is extremely positive, I have never seen an organization like this. I do not know anyone at this organization that doesn't love their job.

I love my job because...

The opportunity to grow and learn. Many of my co-workers and I agree that this organization is setup for professional growth.

I love my job because...

It gives me the flexibility in my day to day life. It challenges me everyday and the job is never monotonous.

I love my job because...

It's a fun environment where everyone else loves what they do and they are always willing to help.

What impresses you most about senior management's understanding of what is happening in this organization?

They know more about what I am doing than myself because they started where I am.

I love my job because...

It challenges me to learn and pushes me to learn as much as possible.

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Interesting facts

Our acceptance rate for applicants is 4%. We've made the Inc 5000 and the Biz Journal Fast 50 three years in a row. While 20+ dogs have done duty here, a dozen of them are regulars here at The Nerdery. We have three kegs on tap in our kitchen at all times - they get the most use at each Friday afternoon's BottleCap Talk - a nerd social hour where we debut new websites we've launched.