Good salary bad working environment - Senior Software Engineer NetApp Employee Review

2.0
15 Aug 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Good salary Nice kitchen Can buy company stocks with discount Stable environment The senior managers and most of the staffs know the business and very committed

Cons

Bad direct manager (micromanagement) was the worst manager I ever had Strict hierarchy The work was not interesting (look for senior developer but gave me a boring tasks) No innovation

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5.0
7 Jun 2026
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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
9 Jun 2026
Recommend
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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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