Great people and mediocre people - Software Engineer NetApp Employee Review

4.0
Apr 14, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Opportunities are available if you connect and reach out to different people. There are some outstanding people who really do live the NetApp values and are great to work with.

Cons

For every great person at NetApp are a number of very difficult people. Some are in big leadership positions and are secured. Some are day-to-day contributors and NetApp is too nice to do anything about them. Layoffs seem arbitrary and doesn't necessarily weed out these difficult, unproductive folks. Salary seems to be on the lower range for Silicon Valley.

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5.0
Jun 7, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

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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