Full of Deadwood lead by Unengaged and Unprofessional Management Team - Sales Representative NetApp Employee Review

1.0
Mar 18, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Good benefits, good work/life balance, fair pay

Cons

Top heavy management team that has been in place too long... they lack the desire to drive change and improve processes. No real management accountability for employee development, annual employee survey results. Our senior manager is so disengaged that he had not met an employee that reports up to him for 5 YEARS! Company lacks the ability to address cross functional disagreements. Escalation of issues is frowned upon. therefore strategic disagreements between Functions (sales and product) go unaddressed and unresolved fueled by passive/aggressive behavior. Managers act unprofessionally in personal interactions and business meetings (talk about/debate religious beliefs, use foul language, with employees and partners) and there is no coaching or repercussions for behaving in that manner Employees are expected to follow policies without applying critical thought to whether the policy should be applied. These policies are usually developed by management without engaging the front line employees who will be responsible for the implementation. As a result they rarely solve the problems they were "designed" to fix. Success metrics are unclear and/or unmeasurable due to lack of commitment to them. Opinions of the most senior individual "trumps" data, strategy, and priorities Statements by management are "valued" more than the questions the should be asking.

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5.0
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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
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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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