No life outside work possible - Software Engineer NetApp Employee Review

3.0
Sep 19, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

+ The company promotes a friendly atmosphere. Most people are very polite. + Interesting work (at least it was for me)

Cons

- Not all teams care about work life balance. Some people end up working 60 hours a week. - Disconnect between managers and engineers. They don't really seem to understand what's going on in the code, leaving it up to the engineer to explain to his/her manager why meeting a deadline is absolutely impossible working 40 hours per week. - Middle management could do with some more training. - Office politics is a big thing. The talker is valued more than the worker. - Egos. Especially in some of the core development teams, there seem to be arguments between senior engineers all the time. Junior engineers really have no say. - Most new hires look like international NCGs who are willing to work excessive overtime shifts, which might explain the shifting expectations of the engineering side. - Average pay for 40 hours. Horrible pay if you're putting in 60, which is not uncommon. - Not very diverse.

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5.0
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Pros

Good work life balance (in my team)

Cons

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3.0
Jun 26, 2026
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Pros

Amongst the top companies in the data storage industry = company stability.

Cons

If you'd ask me a year or 2 ago, I would have given the company 5 stars. But, as with most tech companies now, they've started to follow the trend of return to office, regardless of logic. There's little to no room for exceptions and the company would rather sacrifice productivity regardless if they know the hardships for people living in metros (one way commute to the NY or SJC office can take 2 hours one way!) - that and there's no commuter benefits. You have to pay out of pocket and live in fear of not receiving your bonus if you miss the "thrive together" quarterly requirements.

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