Is NetApp a good company to work for as a Director?

Director professionals working at NetApp have rated their employer with 3.8 out of 5 stars in 31 Glassdoor reviews. This is an average score with the overall rating of NetApp employees being 3.8 out of 5 stars. Search open Director Jobs at NetApp now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Director interview questions at NetApp .

Does NetApp pay Director employees well?

Director professionals rate their compensation and benefits at NetApp with 4.8 out of 5 stars based on 31 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 23.3% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Director salaries at NetApp.

How happy are Director professionals working at NetApp?

16% of Director employees at NetApp would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has decreased by 50% in the past 12 months. Director professionals have also rated NetApp with a 3.4 rating for work-life-balance, 3.4 rating for diversity and inclusion, 4.2 rating for culture and values and 3.0 rating for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at NetApp?

Software Engineer (206) , Member Of Technical Staff (145) , Technical Support Engineer (92) , Senior Software Engineer (72) , Intern (71) , Member Technical Staff, Software (68) , Program Manager (67) , Manager (60) , Sales (55) , Account Manager (53) , MTS-3 (50) , Sales Representative (49) , Product Manager (47) , Systems Engineer (45) , MTS3 (43)

What are the pros of working at NetApp according to real employee reviews?

"It has great culture and you will one has the full responsibility of his/her job and freedom of doing his own way." ((in 682 reviews)); "Flexible working time and gives good emphasis to work life balance of employees with Work smart initiative" ((in 557 reviews)); "Netapp was a great place to work early on and the _technical_ people were great to work with." ((in 519 reviews)); "Good benefit and working envrironment" ((in 365 reviews)); "good work culture and some of the best minds in the industry" ((in 241 reviews))

What are the cons of working at NetApp according to real employee reviews?

"Frequent layoffs if you're not in their core business (storage and data protection)" ((in 343 reviews)); "Much of this change has been driven by poor management and poor quality control." ((in 225 reviews)); "Most of the management teams are good but there are also some managers that you would wish you never had." ((in 112 reviews)); "I can only see this company go down the drain, due this poor leadership, excessive spending on unnecessary things such as beer bash" ((in 77 reviews)); "Poor upper management." ((in 57 reviews))

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NetApp Director reviews

3.8

16% would recommend to a friend

(31 total reviews)

George Kurian

99% approve of CEO

81% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.8

Compensation and benefits

4.2

Culture & values

4.2

Senior management

3.4

Diversity & inclusion

3.4

Work/Life balance

3.0

Career opportunities

Director employees have rated NetApp with 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 31 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Director professionals have a good working experience there. NetApp is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Director professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

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31 reviews

4.0

May 26, 2026

Great people, great work-life balance, but.....

Director

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great people, comfy office, very empathetic to personal needs

Cons

Extremely HQ-centric and obsessively hierarchical, constant fear of job cuts

3.0

Sep 5, 2025

Good work-life but limited growth and job security

Director

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good Work-life, relevant technology space

Cons

Slow moving and lot of micro-management and bureaucracy

5.0

May 20, 2025

Great place to work

Director

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great people Excellent work-life balance Great facilities in office

Cons

Very top-down US-centric approach Frequent job cuts Needs a lot of work on rewards and job enhancement opportunities

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