Used to be great - Senior Software Engineering Manager NetApp Employee Review

3.0
Dec 11, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Pays well, lots of smart people to work with, interesting technology, good work/life balance, still pockets of groups/teams that are great.

Cons

Lack of corporate vision and strategy, rotating set of executives who have lost any real connection to the employees, a major erosion of culture and changing values as the company being managed to maximize stock price.

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5.0
Jun 18, 2026
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CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good work life balance (in my team)

Cons

Leadership is bad, stay away!

3.0
Jun 26, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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