Great company at cross roads - Senior Software Engineer NetApp Employee Review

5.0
May 17, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Working in the product development at NetApp for 8 years, I see the products fairly mature from a feature perspective. This gives an opportunity to work on some of the most technically challenging problems to make it even better. In short, there are lots of interesting and challenging technical problems to solve.

Cons

System is complex and requires patience and lot of perseverance. The new grads get impatient and tend to quit. Need a more streamlined and soft initiation process for new college grads.

Explore other reviews about NetApp

5.0
Jun 7, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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 9, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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

See reviews by: Helpful|Rating|Date|All