Stay strong and train the first rung managers!! - Technical Global Advisor NetApp Employee Review

3.0
25 Jan 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

NetApp has made tremendous strides as a storage vendor and has been a leader in changing the roadmap in this industry. They have an excellent, down-to-earth senior management (executive team) that leads from the front.

Cons

Organization maturity and processes are still in its infancy. They are still learning how to grow from another player in the industry to being one of top two leading vendors in the industry. The first line managers and middle management layer grew from the ranks - are not necessarily the best managers. Having an opinion and a voice may land you in soup.

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5.0
18 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good work life balance (in my team)

Cons

Leadership is bad, stay away!

3.0
9 June 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

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