Politically toxic enviroment - Senior Software Engineer NetApp Employee Review

2.0
May 11, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Ok salary, pension scheme, flexible working hours, work from home option, good work life balance

Cons

- So many incompetent employes with whom is painfully difficult to work because they are in high positions - managers dont know Anything about leadership or management. Just as anyone with good connections can become a manager. - those sitting in HQ feel all sitting else where are at their disposal If some one wants to work somewhere where there are smart people working professionally with best possible quality of work under a strategy or a plan,, then this is definately a place NOT to be. If anyone wants a place to get salary and can spend all his energy to make him look good infront of all by doing all the dirty tricks, no matter how bad his performance is, this is a right place. In my time at netapp Germany, I got 90% of the time people stopping me from improving anything (them fearing that i get some good credit making them look bad) rather to ask me to improve anything. Not to mention regular layoffs because company is losing revenue due to it missed the cloud oppertunity. Almost every year there is that survey of "great places to work" after which the layoffs follow as if these are last layoffs. "Good" strategy!

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5.0
Jun 7, 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
Jun 26, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Amongst the top companies in the data storage industry = company stability.

Cons

If you'd ask me a year or 2 ago, I would have given the company 5 stars. But, as with most tech companies now, they've started to follow the trend of return to office, regardless of logic. There's little to no room for exceptions and the company would rather sacrifice productivity regardless if they know the hardships for people living in metros (one way commute to the NY or SJC office can take 2 hours one way!) - that and there's no commuter benefits. You have to pay out of pocket and live in fear of not receiving your bonus if you miss the "thrive together" quarterly requirements.

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