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3.8

67% would recommend to a friend

(638 total reviews)
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George Kurian

65% approve of CEO

63% positive business outlook

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3.0
Mar 14, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Hard working employees. In my 13 plus years at NetApp (Network Appliance) i worked with some of the brightest technical talent ever.

Cons

Most of the techies have been laid off or outsourced. NetApp is heavy with middle management, product managers and program managers. Most of these "managers" only generate email to each other and schedule meetings where the only action is to schedule another meeting.

3.0
Mar 9, 2015
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Pros

I think compensation and benefits are probably a bit above average for bay area. Not much to complain about there. Vacation accrual a bit slow, but they have more holidays and company shutdown days per year so tend to get a good number of days off. Some nice people and company has a pro-employee culture in terms of operating with integrity towards employees. A lot of hard-working people (but they are working hard rather than working smart sometimes).

Cons

Pro-employee culture plus a strong since of inclusion/inclusiveness seems to have evolved into a tendency towards everyone feeling like they should be allowed to give their opinion on everything, resulting in a lot of bureaucracy and too much micro-management-by-committee. The result is that it is often difficult to move quickly and decision-making authority can be muddled. Concerning in a company where the industry is in upheaval and things need to change to assure success. Promotion above Sr. Manager level very hard to come-by internally.

3.0
Mar 4, 2015

Ranked highly as a "great place to work" ... because of the people

Anonymous employee
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Pros

40 hour volunteer time each year 5 weeks of vacation after 10+ years service Compensation is on par with industry average for Colorado Super experienced employees with a ton of new opportunity for new college grads. Easy to transfer around dept to dept too so there is some opportunity for growth.

Cons

First level managers are awful. We do a terrible job of recruiting internally and end up hiring candidates into people-manager roles that have absolutely no business being there (lack empathy, are passive/aggressive, or just don't like people!). Managements ability to make a decision is painful - takes a long time, and causes much churn. We have yet to release a web-based product as the programs continue to take too long, go over budget, or resources are needed for other revenue-raising products.

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