Fading into the sunset.. - Anonymous employee NetApp Employee Review

2.0
17 Feb 2016
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Was a great company back when Dan W was the CEO. It was a great place to work (Till that became a corporate focus --and it was force fed that 'this is a great place to work') Had good products. Product portfolio grew and focus lost.

Cons

New leadership has moved to chasing the bottom line and not trying to make the product offering great. Have gotten to point of layoffs twice a year. Unable to move up, promotions blocked, review process set to everyone is median, no raises. Frequent layoffs fostered an environment where people were unwilling to share/train as they needed to be the one with the information and thus protected from layoffs. Layoffs seem planned from very high level and questionable on why and would lay off top talent. Product portfolio was grown through a lot of acquisitions, however the products were never really integrated very well

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5.0
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Pros

NetApp is a prestigious company, working for this company will be a great resume boost if you cannot break into top fortune 500 companies. Relatively easy to get into NetApp. Competitive pay.

Cons

Frequent layoffs. Understaffed which could equate to higher expected output.

3.0
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Pros

- Not the worst pay around - Opportunity for advancement if you get the right management - Good financial benefits (ESPP, 401k options, mega backdoor Roth) - The one thing GK is good at is driving up the company stock price. Hope you got yourself some RSUs

Cons

- NetApp hasn't made a new product in 10 years, so you'll be hard pressed to find development work that isn't directly tied to supporting what was built before then. - Very little innovation other than weekend-project-level AI tools - Health and dental benefits are not great - Upper management is completely detached from reality

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