It’s hard to overstate how much of a disaster Nest has been for Google

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Last week, we learned that Google's decision to buy Nest back in 2014 has been an unmitigated disaster. In short, Nest’s product portfolio has grown very slowly since its acquisition by Google and its revenues are way below expectations. Additionally, Nest CEO Tony Fadell sounds like a complete nightmare to work for and he's shown that he's not afraid to disparage a large number of former employees after they leave the company. In particular, Fadell absolutely ripped into several Dropcam employees who left the company not long after it was acquired by Nest by saying that they "were not as good as we’d hoped." Dropcam cofounder Greg Duffy has now fired back at Fadell with an absolutely blistering Medium post that takes him to task for his overall management style.

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