A lost culture - Anonymous employee NetApp Employee Review

1.0
Aug 5, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Formerly, I would have answered this with "the people", but now that's in the CON section (see below). There are still some pockets of excellence in the staff - and if you are lucky enough to work with one of these rock stars, count your blessings. The benefits are great and pay is pretty competitive... and yet...

Cons

Where to start. - The vision (convoluted, tone-deaf, lacking). - The culture (lacking: collaboration, respect, partnership, authenticity, integrity) - Leadership (holding judgement on Kurian for now, but the rest of the leadership team is highly suspect. Full of arrogance and incompetence (Gerstenberger and Salmon respectively). Bad decisions, bad promotions, bad behavior abound in their wake... and have driven out the good people and good ideas.

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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 9, 2026
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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

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