Lost its way in recent years, but still a great place to work. - Senior Program Manager NetApp Employee Review

4.0
Jul 27, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Great pay and benefits. The company truly cares for its employees. NetApp is a great place to work, and always will be. GREAT people who truly care and want to succeed.

Cons

Has lost its vision in recent years. As seen with the recent involvement of a hedge fund manager and board changes. [Elliot management] You hear a lot of "we are a big company now", but that is a euphemism for being dysfunctional. The services organization is mired in politics to the point of impacting the business.

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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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