Good to get into storage software domain - Member of Technical Staff, Software NetApp Employee Review

2.0
Nov 28, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Netapp is a great company if one wants to get into the storage software domain. If you get to work in the filesystems or kernel team; it's a good learning experience.

Cons

1) Salary is not competetive anymore 2) There is a lack of trust towards newer members in the company. If you are a new member working on the filer; you will have to cross numerous prejudices to add any substantial code to the codebase.

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5.0
Jun 18, 2026
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Pros

Good work life balance (in my team)

Cons

Leadership is bad, stay away!

3.0
Jun 9, 2026
Recommend
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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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