Great job for early 30's; not so much for early 20's. - Software Engineering Intern NetApp Employee Review

3.0
Sep 29, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

-Nice people -Great pay -Good location (in lovely CA, and also right off of the VTA light rail) -Good benefits (for interns, really nice free housing; also, great gym) -Some parts of company culture -Emphasizes work-life balance

Cons

-Seemed very corporate -Work not overly interesting -People didn't really seem passionate about working there; it was just a job -Slow debugging and release cycles -NetApp seemed more interested in hyping up their company cultures than in actually *having* one. Sure, there were parts of NetApp that were cool, like the beer bashes, but for the most part I didn't find that I really bonded with my coworkers or that the company as a whole had much of a culture I feel like this company would be an awesome place to work if I had a family and children that I wanted to be able to spend time with. However, as a nerdy workaholic in my low 20's, I want to find some work that I can be truly passionate about -- I want to *want* to spend all my time working, or with people from work. NetApp is a great company, but it's just not for me at this stage in my life.

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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 9, 2026
Recommend
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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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