Slow, Old, Outdated -- Not good for youngsters -- Good for Retirement - Member Technical Staff, Software NetApp Employee Review

2.0
Aug 27, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Apparently they have a good work life balance which amounts to not doing much work. They have a garage,gym and beer bashes in the Sunnyvale offices

Cons

Management says No to any new projects/challenges As a young software engineer you want to write more code, make more changes, break things,fix them, learn ... these things don't happen at NetApp Pay is sub par. Really it just sucks to be a NetApp employee in terms of $$$. Fake Emphasis given on Great Place to Work rankings(who cares about this ?). Pay your employees handsomely, ask them to deliver, give them real work, challenge your employees -- you will automatically have a great place to work. Zero or fake or virtual guidance given on growing new talent.Personal development at work is a myth. I guess NetApp doesn't care about having a good ratio of experienced to young employees.

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5.0
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Pros

Good work life balance (in my team)

Cons

Leadership is bad, stay away!

3.0
Jun 9, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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