Not the best place to grow your career - Software Engineer NetApp Employee Review

2.0
Feb 3, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Decent pay, reasonable people in place.

Cons

Product direction changes all the time. Is not an engineering culture; people do not seem to be very passionate about what they're working on. There are two company shutdowns where you have to either take PTO or unpaid time off, which is very misleading. Not much opportunity to grow, especially in certain departments.

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5.0
Jun 7, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

NetApp is a prestigious company, working for this company will be a great resume boost if you cannot break into top fortune 500 companies. Relatively easy to get into NetApp. Competitive pay.

Cons

Frequent layoffs. Understaffed which could equate to higher expected output.

3.0
Jun 26, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Business Outlook

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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