Never working at Netapp again - Software Engineer NetApp Employee Review

1.0
19 Nov 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Can maintain work life balance well

Cons

Middle managers are just busy making their own castles, and they have made their dedicated connections, its almost like a cult not a culture. if you fit their stereotype, you are good else not (that involves only drinking at work or happy hours) They dont really care about the work you can do, they just want you in the team if you can be fun not serious abut getting work done. If you immediate manager wants to ignore you then god save you, better to leave and find another job even in a bad economy.

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5.0
7 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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
9 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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