NetApp reviews about "upper management"

The company is slowing down and having a hard time finding a growth relay as storage is evolving to the cloud.

Transformation not as seamless as the upper management seem to think.

* Frequent lay offs ( which started after 2012 ) * unnecessary mails matters to get the visibility in upper management * rating quota is fixed for each team in appraisal ( In small team if everyone is good, still the manager has to give low rating to someone in the team )

Company has slowly been going downhill; Salary hasn't kept up with industry standard, layoffs have been an annual occurrence, and growth opportunities are becoming even more limited within the company. Instability - both in upper management and in the company's products themselves - has become a serious issue. Both these have combined to dramatically lessen employee morale.

Having left NetApp for its competitor, I can see how much the writing is on the walls at NetApp. Terrible middle and upper management with absolutely no commitment to customers unless cases are escalated to them and then they would haul at the TSE and manager and make them scapegoats. I have never worked in a place where "Who" the customer is based on their history of escalations is THE ONLY thing that was important to management. They totally ignored customers overseas and missed a big portion of sales overseas. I cannot believe what a filthy set of leaders they brought all from Nortel who knew nothing and cared less about people and customers. It was all about them.

Upper management seems to lack direction. Middle management is lost and unsure how to manage engineers. Most middle managers lack any real technical knowledge. There is little to no opportunity to grow here because it is already too fat at the top.

staff cuts most years. no movement upwards. difficult to move out of support. customer support changes to process come about with little warning. upper management believe micro management is the correct style.

-Compensation has fallen behind other tech companies in Bay Area, especially if you are there for 5+ years like I was. Pay below market for that long can hurt financially as housing costs and regular expenses are sky high. -Promotions were hard to come by. Lots of favoritism and then no rationale for when you weren't chosen. -Raises were either non existent or subpar, even promotion raises. -Tons of politics. Step on the wrong VPs toes and you were blacklisted. People literally bend over backwards for this particular VP as well and those that are in good graces get preferential treatment. -Meetings were a nightmare mostly because the organizers lacked skills. Days would be filled to the brim with meetings so no chance to get work done unless putting in extra hours- but what motivation was there for that? -When first started, upper management focus was on gain of market share from EMC. In doing that they forgot about all the startups that are eating their lunch today. -HR completely nonsensical. Want to hire someone? HR for finance would follow old and outdated policies and we would lose candidates to other employers. -Slackers unite. Very easy for people just to collect a paycheck and do nothing of value. Low performers are coddled.

Morale is poor and the future is shaky. Everyone has to watch their back. Do not recommend to new hires. Employees cannot trust anyone in upper management. CEO uses silly words like "transformation" what he means is major layoffs and outsourcing to India. No innovation anymore, just working and reworking of old technology.