Pros
- Amazing CEO George Kurian, a humble visionary who knows the tech - Overall company values are great: integrity, dedication, passion for tech, heart for the customers - NetApp is known as honest and “deliver-what-we-promise” company both in solutions and services, and in alliances and co-lab with other tech market champions - Friday morning croissants 🥐 :)
Cons
- Annual salary rase mechanism is barely keeping up with the yearly market inflation rate. It seems easier to negotiate a higher salary when you change position/manager horizontally, than to progress, if you are 3+ years in the same role. Even if you overachieve all goals of the previous year! - NetApp mid-managers, stop fearing for your heads while managing budgets, spot & reward your stars, or they will go. - Archaic annual review structure, 100 meetings about how it “changed” with the new HR tool. Where is the change? Still looking for it :) - KPI’s too much based on what upper management tells to focus on (and boy, they really struggle to be concrete, but in the end of the day demand a lot). Too little interest in professional and personal development of individual contributors :( - there is enough social althruists in the company keeping the culture alive and the company enjoyable to hundreds. Usually, these are just humble individual contributors, who get most “hi fives” on their floor or in the lunch cantine. Some of these wonderful givers organize sport tournaments, fun events and after-work drinks, some put many hours on top of their official 40+ into diversity and inclusion initiatives, setting up volunteer projects., etc. They often have little in common, but one thing: they are invisible to LOCAL (commercial) management and LOCAL HR. Again, NetApp, recognize your givers or they will get tired....