Member Technical Staff - Member Technical Staff, Software NetApp Employee Review

3.0
Apr 27, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Compensation is good and above the market. Facilities are very good. (Juices, every Friday beer bash, evening snacks) Work life balance is good if you are competent enough

Cons

No innovation encouraging culture, majority employees are not aware of patent filing process. No encouragement for innovative ideas. Poor leader ship leading to lay off (almost every year) Same work is done in different teams( lack off clear cut processes).

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5.0
Jun 7, 2026
Recommend
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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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