The ship is sinking - Anonymous employee NetApp Employee Review

3.0
31 May 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good campus, good benefits, teammates in Support are always willing to help out. Good relationships between Field Support and Tech Support.

Cons

As a company they are betting the farm on C-Mode when not all customers need (or want) all of the features. Past acquisitions are 50/50 in longevity where some products die off (Netcache, VTL) that had niche users who loved the products. Too late to the flash game, but I hope the SolidFire purchase turns things around. Support took a big step back when they moved to the 'coverage model'.

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Pros

Good work life balance (in my team)

Cons

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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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