Following a number of recent controversies surrounding smart-home accessory maker Nest,Recode reports that CEO Tony Fadell defended the company while addressing the reports at a recent Google assembly. First acquired by Google, Nest is now under Alphabet, and the same parent company as Google following a restructuring final year.
At the weekly Google assembly,Fadell reportedly addressed recent reports of troubles on the Nest team that followed comments from Dropcam’s former CEO Greg Duffy regarding Fadell’s brash management style. Those comments led to a public response from Fadell and a number of mainstream media outlets picking up the story, while a report final week from Recode added that the company was under-performing financially and that its future at Google could be in jeopardy.
Here’s an excerpt from Fadell’s talk with Googlers addressing the reports: more…
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Source: 9to5google.com