Lost its shine... - Anonymous employee NetApp Employee Review

1.0
Jan 11, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Very bright and smart engineers work at this company. The engineers try very hard to do the right things. Wages are very competitive.

Cons

The company has endured 5 layoffs in the past 4 years. The employee moral struggles with understanding the way out of the dismal events. Still a lot of "start-up" qualities to the operations of the company - have not matured to what is needed for a larger company.

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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 9, 2026
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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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