Worst Place to Work - Member, Technical Staff, Software NetApp Employee Review

2.0
Apr 16, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

* Used to be a great company * Used to trust employees * Had some challenging work * Respected and cared about old timers

Cons

* Managers are gods, they are unchallenged and unaccountable * Only company where there is no feedback process for managers. Any employee cannot give feedback for their respective managers. * No process in place for deciding on promotions * Promotions given only on favoritism * Only priority of management is to get listed in great place to work surveys

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5.0
Jun 18, 2026
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Pros

Good work life balance (in my team)

Cons

Leadership is bad, stay away!

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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