Pros

Challenging work, great work ethics and culture, great work envirinment, good pay and perks, stock options and good recognition of performance.

Cons

It was really great and frankly I didn't see any note worthy downsides. They rank first in Fortune 100 Best Employers and very well deserve it!

Advice to Senior Management

All I would say is keep up the good work and you shall continue to attract world's best talent to your firm

Pros

Great products
Culture is friendly and helpful
Little arrogance
Clients love us
Let you be creative

Cons

Company is growing fast so there needs to be a bit more structure and process
Benefits could be better but that is minor

Advice to Senior Management

Keep doing what you are doing!
Dont change your focus.
Keep Netapp Independant!
work on improving tools and processes and systems

Pros

Work-life balance: middle and senior management actually help make it more than a catchphrase
Individual flexibility - little to no micromanaging, employees are given enough latitude to work well
Training - good corporate support for staying current
Pay and benefits: much better than most companies
Corporate culture: again, a nice surprise - it really does exist, and really is as advertised!

Cons

"Hands off" mgmt could be hard for younger employees
Annual performance review "system" is somewhat lacking
Top-down communication about new products, corporate direction not always clear
Company is still learning how to change from a small Silicon Valley startup into a more mature, bigger player. There are some bumps now and then

Advice to Senior Management

Streamline management structures and increase communication between different layers, and between groups in the company (engineering, development, sales, support...)
Don't make too many changes in the culture too fast, but do acknowledge the need for changes as they come.

Pros

this is a good place to work and deserves the fortune best places to work. Perhaps experiencing some growing pains but that's normal for most growing companies.

Cons

Experiencing some growing pains but that's normal for most growing companies but overall this is a great place to work for.

Advice to Senior Management

Listen to the engineers and the products group. There is a lot of talent out there waiting for the right opportunity.

Pros

Everyone is very helpful and open to new ideas. Did not detect any ego, and manager was very good at helping me get started.

Cons

Average age of employees is 38, which may deter some younger prospects. Also, should only be considered if you are interested in data storage.

Advice to Senior Management

Hire more interns and young employees (college grads) because they will be the future of the company. Lower average age.

Pros

Very cool culture ,best possible work environment and no work pressure.
Lots of bright people around .
Work from Home and flexi timings are a real boom to beat bangalore traffic.
And Beer bash offcourse :p

Cons

Sometimes i got the feeling that i was getting salary for not doing any real constructive work for the company.
Managers should monitor and guide their reportees if they are not self-driven.

Advice to Senior Management

Too much of freedom given to the employees and sometimes
idle mind may become devils workshop.

Pros

Highly collaborative
Really good people
Approachable senior management
Positive environment
Very good communication
Makes you want to come to work

Cons

Need more flexibility on telecommuting...some parts are a little old-school
Lots of pressure to do a lot with few people
Development is too passively endorsed...it's about productivity

Advice to Senior Management

Don't let changes in leadership sway you from the historical positives in the culture...open communication, showing compassion, being approachable and not persecuting someone for a mistake.

Pros

Great culture - focused on enabling employees, communication about all things relevant, great products, great people and especially great leadership.

Cons

Only two weeks of vacation for first-year employees.

Advice to Senior Management

Keep up the great work! Continue to maximize communication, solicit employee input, and maintain "a great place to work" as one of the Top 3 goals.

Pros

good place to work, proper work life balance, management is helpful, goodd place for working mother, compensation is good. overall you will be satisfied

Cons

you will work on same technologies, relocation is difficult even if you have a valid reason,
few location in major cities

Advice to Senior Management

pleas allow employees to work in technologies they like, make relocation easier process incase of marriage , over they are pretty cool

Pros

The company is very employee friendly. Culture is given a very high priority on the company's strategic initiatives which is rather rare in today's very competitive and challenging business environment. Work force restructuring is truly considered a last resort during tough economic times

Cons

Strategic initiatives need more substance. They tend to be too marketing oriented and lack enough substance.

Advice to Senior Management

Keep up the extremely high priority on company employees. It is refreshing in today's business climate that NetApp continues to keep a high priority on its people.