NETGEAR reviews about "benefit"

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40 reviews
2.0
Sep 23, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

pay, office location, catered lunches and breakfast, benefits

Cons

Netgear is a sinking ship. Their financial earnings reports use more red ink than a stop sign factory. I worked in product for the consumer line, and trust me; we keep making bad product decisions out of ego and appeasement, not market demand. Instead of innovating on features people care about, we made your home wifi 100x faster than your ISP. What's the end benefit to the customer? Nothing. The truth is your wifi router/mesh from 10 years ago will do the same thing as the new Orbi $1,500 system we sell today. Netgear is stuck in the past and lacks motivation and innovation. They use layoffs/RIFs to cover up for bad management decisions. The people you work with here aren't inspiring or leaders - All they want to do is collect a paycheck at an employer close to their home. Lifeboats are being loaded, and the band is playing. Do your research if you’re looking to work here...

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NETGEAR Response
1y
Thanks for your feedback. While I always appreciate hearing from current employees about what is working and what is not, I have concerns that your opinion about the current state of the consumer business is outdated. As you know, I started 8 months ago as the new CEO and we have been on a journey to transform NETGEAR overall, including our consumer business, and we are off to a great start. Here are a few specific thoughts on your feedback I agree that we had previously been too focused on the "premium" segment of the consumer market. As everyone at the company knows, that strategy changed shortly after I joined, and we are now focused on delivering a simplified product line-up that delivers differentiated value to consumers across many different segments of the market (dorm rooms, first apartment, initial home, large properties, MDUs, etc.). We launched our new company values two days ago and, as I shared at our recent all-hands, one of those values is Connect and Delight. This value is all about deeply understanding the needs of our consumers and delivering excellence in every aspect of the product experience. As it relates to Cisco, we just recruited two long-time Cisco veterans to lead our B2B business. They observed what I saw in NETGEAR: a company, team, brand, business, etc. with a huge amount of untapped potential. If you are a NETGEAR employee and have specific concerns about our products, strategy, values, etc. I’d love to hear from you directly. Thanks again, CJ CJ Prober CEO
5.0
Jul 19, 2026

Great benefits and salary with no downsides

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Very good benefits and good salary

Cons

Nothing disadvantage about the company

4.0
Sep 26, 2025

WLB is good

Recommend
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Pros

Good work environment and good colleagues

Cons

Benefits are average; work hours need to be flexible to accommodate Asian time zones.

4.0
Mar 7, 2022

Great Company

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Nice to treat to their employees.

Cons

Standard pay and benefit as market.

1.0
Oct 13, 2023

Sinking Ship

Recommend
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Pros

Some great people are still holding on who are passionate about improving. Work / life balance is good (if you set boundaries on when you answer emails). Benefits are decent.

Cons

Change comes from the top and unfortunately Netgear senior leadership is failing to adequately prioritize improvements that will keep Netgear on top. Instead they remain focused on what used to work, and squash innovation. Netgear is hemmoraging money and talent, so it may be too late to turn around at this point.

3.0
Jan 30, 2026

Short experience

Recommend
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Pros

Benefits were good, not much overtime.

Cons

No training, no documentation. Work culture was difficult

1.0
Jun 29, 2026

Talented colleagues hindered by poor management decisions

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Nice colleague and some of them are talented here

Cons

new management team is not good , spend a lot of cash to buy companies no obvious benefit.

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NETGEAR Response
3w
Thank you for taking the time to share your experience, and for your decade-plus of contributions to NETGEAR — that kind of tenure reflects genuine commitment, and we appreciate it. NETGEAR is in an active period of transformation, and we recognize that periods of significant change can feel uncertain, particularly for those who have deep roots in the company. The investments we are making are deliberate — we are building capabilities we believe will strengthen NETGEAR's position and create long-term value for our customers, our partners, and our teams. We understand that not everyone will agree with every strategic decision, and appreciate you taking the time to share your perspective. We wish you all the best in the next chapter of your career.
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