Was Once A Great Place To Work - Anonymous employee NetApp Employee Review

3.0
Apr 2, 2014
Anonymous employee
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Pros

- Decent compensation - Usually a friendly environment (if you're with the right team) - Lots of training encouraged - Great benefits

Cons

- Company use to be very innovative. For several years now all their investment has been going into what amounts to be a product feature on their flagship storage line (FAS/ONTAP). However, they have failed to invest in emerging markets as they should. Their track record with acquisitions has been horrible, also because they don't invest in those technologies/businesses afterward. - Use to be a great place to work (despite all the hype with Forbes and other magazines, that is no longer the case) - Candor is supposedly one of the core values; however, people who exercise it increasingly get marginalized. - Sales organization is becoming more and more like EMC

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5.0
Jun 7, 2026
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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 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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