NETGEAR reviews about "pay"

Very bad environment Very Aggressive style to getting things done This comes from the CEO down Little value on employees Management are not open to new ideas or suggestions

Absolutely NO work/life balance Runs very lean Poor management communication Low pay compared to competitors

- expected to work tons of overtime without any increase - CEO doesn't believe in democracy - waterfall methodologies for everything - inefficient teams - impractical working conditions - AWFUL work life balance - most people leave because they are burnt out - extremely political - cancerous and stressful environment - worst company culture I've ever experienced - high turnover

Expectation to work long hours for no additional pay/time in lieu

- Relaxed environment can be a double edged sword; you may lose career ambition - Relatively low pay compare to similar firms in the area (I would say <50 percentile) - If you are interested in solving interesting engineering problems, this company is not for you. Outsourcing has became a go-to solution for any engineering projects/challenge. All the work left are mostly project/program management stuff

NETGEAR is a company that badly needs to change to reflect modern networking, and changes in the industry as a whole. Their product portfolio is based on pumping out new hardware without changing software. Arlo is really the bright star in the current portfolio, but they need to invest a lot more in the remainder of the business. They seem to have decided that they can't do software at all, so why even try? Long term, it's going to kill the business. Work environment is pretty terrible too. Most of the company ends up working Taiwanese hours as that's where engineering is based. So, expect to work 9-7 or 9-8 depending on when your meetings are over. Senior management gives their people little to no freedom for any autonomy. You are expected to execute based on their plan, and then you are judged solely on the results of their plan. If they chose wrong, your bonus is what's cut. Pay is pretty significantly below market rate, which is a problem given that everyone in the Bay Area is hiring. Company as a whole is not data driven either. Management makes product decisions based on gut feeling, rather than data. This leads to some overly risky moves in areas and not making any moves in others (see: software). Meetings at NETGEAR are hilarious. Everyone gets massive amounts of email (200+ messages when you come in every morning). So, no one actually has any time to do anything other than check email. Meetings are usually a bunch of people sitting around a table checking their email not listening to the one person talking. Also, they love meetings. So, you can't really get anything done if you pay attention in meetings anyways. Work load is pretty high as well. You end up doing 3-4 peoples jobs just to keep the lights on, and it never ends.

1. Infrastructure can be improved. 2. Some operational processes need to be improved.

Communication with management and higher ups is virtually non-existent. Once went 6 weeks without seeing or speaking to my manager because they never came into the office or had the professionalism to send an email or Skype message to "check in". Really? The CEO attitude at the most recent hands on is "You're either with us or against us." Then he tried to use some football team analogy (related to the 49ers return to success?) and that NETGEAR needs to turn things around in 2020. Getting customers to pay for services and customer service is not a successful business model. I tried to explain this in meetings and to my manager how much customers hated NETGEAR and were going to competitor's such as Ubiquiti, Google and Asus. Also, people above you do not want to collaborate or even talk to you. View subordinates as peons who they would gladly wipe off the bottom of their shoe. DO NOT WORK HERE! People are cliquish and if you aren't buddies with management you will not get a raise or be offered a permanent position.... EVER! Also, for a Silicon Valley company they underpay and management claims they have no budget to pay more. The company stock has plummeted from $35 in 2019 to around $17. Not good! Also, way too many meetings that are a waste of time.

pay. a couple of years there were lay offs but (something in the air makes you worry every new year about this - around superbowl time), this year its more promising & there werent any (at least not from my point of view). career opportunities dont come out often. bonus was missed 2 years. i wish there was more sharing between different departments, its like certain departments keep everything a secret (which doesnt make sense to me, because we all signed the NDA, we should all be able to learn and work off each other). the excuse that its more security, doesn't justify it, as you can just raise security and solve that problem.