Was a Great Place to Work, But Isn't Now - Anonymous employee NetApp Employee Review

3.0
Aug 13, 2013
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Founder still with the company and strives to ensure the values are met A number of employee perks that help throughout the year. The medical is less expensive than other companies. Generally good, highly technical people who care about making a solid product.

Cons

Management that cares more about meeting metric numbers in order to ship than the state of the engineers. Slow release cycle with a highly complex OS (ONTAP) To see the "Great Place to Work" is dependent on joining a team who's manager actually believes that.

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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 26, 2026
Anonymous employee
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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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