Good place to work, but time for Dan to retire and take some of his old guard multimillionaires with him - Anonymous employee NetApp Employee Review

3.0
Feb 26, 2011
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Pay, benefits, lots of talent, best standalone storage company

Cons

Some of the old guard inner circle need to go, not even sure what most of them are accountable for. Dan needs to retire and take some with him, they don't need the money and aren't providing commensurate leadership. Getting more political.. Salary compression due to so many senior engineers. New rating system trying to address, but not working. A lot of folks resting while vesting. You have to be on the "inner circle" to advance your career. How long is it going to take to fix supply chain? HR team is weak.

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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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