Great company, appalling middle management - Sales Representative NetApp Employee Review

2.0
Sep 11, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great products and software. Very relaxed general atmosphere, great benefits and online training support.

Cons

Very poor mid/senior management. People promoted because they had great sales careers but no guarantee of being a great manager. The UK company hides behind it's 'Great Place To Work' global positions. Sales targets and commissions were very difficult to understand and targets were always given after the year had commenced.

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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
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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