Balanced Work LIfe but Management Sucks - Member of Technical Staff III NetApp Employee Review

2.0
Mar 5, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Facilities are good Work life balance Health insurance is good.

Cons

> MTS1 will be promoted to MTS2 in an year. BASELESS > Compensation is average being an Engineering company, they just tend to keep it above EMC2 > Middle level management is a waste, some are arrogant and too much process oriented > They have increased the MTS1 package abruptly but the same has not been done for other MTS bands. > Feedback system is unsafe. I can't rely on my manager words of mouth to give a feedback over email. > BEER BASH is a waste of money. STOP IT. Rather give some free lunch or dinner. makes for sense. Its a software company not a PUB. > Favoritism is in abundance and management is not transparent. > unstable times between 2014 - 2016. Layoffs were frequent like a childs play

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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
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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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