NETGEAR reviews about "management"

32% positive business outlook

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101 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what is working and what is not, I have concerns that your opinion about the current state of the consumer business is outdated.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
1.0
Sep 5, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

- Interesting and Challenging Projects - Some really good engineers to Work with. - If you want to experience how bad and toxic a company can be, this is it. - Almost all the positive reviews are fake. Those are paid reviews and not by actual employees or contractors.

Cons

- Some employees are highly toxic and racists against me because they thought I am Muslim even though I am Sikh from India. This also included the people from upper management. - Even people at EECO and DFEH were appalled. They said they saw these type of incidents only at McDonalds, Walmart etc. or other blue collar job sites. - Whole HR department as well as UX department was involved in it. - It is the worst place I've worked in my entire career and I've worked for 8 different companies. - All the positive reviews are fake and paid reviews. - This is not a place for talent. - Incumbent self-promoting management misrepresent employees just to fire them. - As an Indian/Sikh, I went through constant Anti-Muslim harassment at the hands of several employees and contractors at the behest of the HR and management. - They were using contractors and facilities employees as their foot soldiers to harass me so as to make difficult to be sued. Current California/Federal discrimination laws give more weightage to harassment by the supervisors or managers then to the employees who are your peers or below you. Company has almost negligible liability in case of contractors so that's why they used them to harass me. - All these perpetrators always had Realtime knowledge of all the managerial level decisions. So people in management were providing this information to them directly. Including, the information about my termination. - Notoriously bad and racist upper management. - Totally hostile work environment. - It might be usual scene for some but in my life I have never lived in ghetto or kept any contact with these type of people. Neither I grew up in these type of toxic environment. So, It does affected me negatively and I try to avoid living as well as working in ghettos. - If they have planned so meticulously there strategy to harass someone who they think is "Muslim" then obviously law suits doesn't matter them. Those are part of the plan. They are willing to endure few lawsuits to show it to Muslims or someone who they think is Muslim. - Only thing they try to mitigate was there cost of the law suit by using contractors and facilities people to harass me. They never tried to stop the harassment and only tried to mitigate the cost of the lawsuit. - I never even asked them to fire anyone only for them to stop harassment so that I can better concentrate on my work and not get distracted by all this harassment but after the complaint they become even more aggressive and bold. - They made my life extremely stressful and difficult. - These kind of things can never occur until the management gives free hand to the perpetrators to do whatever they want as long as the victim is Muslim or looks like Muslim. - So, you are already working these long hours sometimes even 14-16 hours and over that you have to prove at every moment that you are not "Muslim". - Lot of people stopped harassment once they realized that I was not Muslim but what would have happened if I was actually Muslim? Would they have physically attacked me like so many anti-Muslim hate crimes happening against browns especially Indians and Sikhs. Some Examples as below: ○ Indian engineer killed, another injured in U.S. hate crime Navy veteran shouted ‘get out of my country’ before opening fire in a bar - February 24, 2017, Kansas Shooting. ○ An African American Iraq War veteran intentionally ran down a family of Indian descent in California thinking they were Muslims, according to police. - April 28, 2019, Sunnyvale, CA. - Obviously, These incidents are not isolated and happened in the spurt of the moment but were well-planned and coordinated. Similarly, Anything could have happened to me at these two companies since they were also emboldening and supporting these racists individuals by not taking any action against them, standing with them including the HR and other employees from the management, hiring the people who were fired for the same behavior earlier and then trying to stick it to me that they re-hired the "the same facilities contractors". - Soon, I will be releasing the full details to the public including the perpetrators involved in the racism and harassment.

3.0
Jan 8, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Very capable hardware engineering group. Great brand reputation. Strong market position (though eroding). Established channels. Most employees are quite personable.

Cons

Has only recently started to understand software development. There are several software development groups, with little cooperation between them. Poor, short-sighted decision-making by management. There is little technical background among the execs (and most of the board), yet they are reluctant to trust the guidance provided by those that do know.. Lots of pressure applied, normally focused on the wrong things, at the expense of what's really important. A consistent pattern of * badly underestimating risks, * demanding unrealistic delivery schedules, * and worse, dismissing any warnings given. Plenty of poor performers on staff, many of who have been there forever. Product management has little understanding outside of WiFi protocols and chipset selection, products are software-defined at this point,

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NETGEAR Response
2y
Thank you for taking the time to provide your honest review of your experience working at NETGEAR. We agree that organizational design, management decision-making and software development are crucial aspects of our business and our recent organizational changes are a direct result of that. We appreciate your feedback and suggestions on how to improve our organization and processes. Please email us at feedback@netgear.com with any additional insights or suggestions you might have. We are committed to continuous improvement and always open to constructive feedback.
5.0
Aug 27, 2024

Great office location

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Brand new office, hybrid working, vast learning opportunities, approachable management

Cons

None that would surpass any pros. Overall a great company to work for

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NETGEAR Response
1y
Thank you for taking the time to share your positive experience working within NETGEAR. We strive to offer an environment that offers opportunities for growth, learning and development where people feel comfortable bringing their true selves to work and from the sounds of it, we are hitting that mark for you. If you have further feedback or suggestions, please email us at feedback@netgear.com. We are committed to continuous improvement and always open to constructive feedback.
1.0
Mar 20, 2024
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Pros

Nothing. Management is slave driver and micro-management.

Cons

I regretted joining this company. There was a person I got to know at the employee orientation, He quit after 3 days! This said it all.

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NETGEAR Response
2y
Thank you for taking the time to provide your feedback. We'd love to learn more about your experience and how we can improve. Please email us at feedback@netgear.com.
3.0
Feb 5, 2025

Okay

Recommend
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Pros

Great people to work with.

Cons

Management has no idea what is going on.

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NETGEAR Response
1y
Thank you for your feedback. We appreciate your recognition of the great people that choose to work at NETGEAR and the efforts of our CEO. We are committed to improving our culture, strategy, and vision for the future by listening to what our employees have to say either through our Ask Me Anything session or feedback given through any of our channels - face-to-face, email, etc. If you have any additional input or suggestions on how we can improve please email us at feedback@netgear.com.
1.0
Dec 19, 2025

New management only cares about the new people they brought in

Anonymous employee
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Pros

flexible scheduling, work from home option

Cons

after new management is in, anyone who works over 10 years in the company is labelled old, not productive and bad

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NETGEAR Response
6mo
Thank you for taking the time to share your perspective. We truly value feedback, as it helps us reflect and improve. NETGEAR is in a period of meaningful transformation. As the market, technology, and customer needs evolve, change is necessary for us to continue to thrive and grow as a company. We recognize that change can feel challenging, especially for those who have invested significant time and experience here, and we don’t take that lightly. At the same time, we believe our strength comes from a balance of deep institutional knowledge and fresh perspectives. We are fortunate to have employees with many years of experience at NETGEAR, as well as new team members who bring different skills, ideas, and viewpoints that are critical to our transformation. I have been at Netgear 11.5 years, and care very much about ensuring a great employee experience for everyone no matter how long or short their tenure. Both are essential to our success. If some of our efforts come across as “politics” or “slogans,” that is certainly not our intent. Our goal is to foster clarity, alignment, and an inclusive culture where people feel respected and heard. We genuinely welcome open, direct conversations and encourage employees to raise concerns with their managers, HR partners, or leadership so we can better understand and address them. We appreciate your honesty and wish you the very best moving forward. Feedback like yours plays an important role in shaping the future of NETGEAR. If you would like to speak with me or any of our leaders directly we would welcome that. Sincerely, Fiona Spratt SVP, People
1.0
Jun 29, 2026

Talented colleagues hindered by poor management decisions

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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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
2w
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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