Formerly great company on the decline - Senior Field Service Engineer NetApp Employee Review

3.0
Jan 10, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I had great coworkers who would do anything for the company and other peers in the group.

Cons

NetApp laid of 20% of workforce in March 2016. In my Field Service group it was a 2/3 cut when they went from 48 FSE's in North America down to 14. and in November 2016 another 6% cut was made. NetApp is adopting a third party service ( and installation) partner model. New management three years ago has introduced many negative changes. No longer a great place to work.

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5.0
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Pros

Good work life balance (in my team)

Cons

Leadership is bad, stay away!

3.0
Jun 26, 2026
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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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