Nepotism and abuse-- stay away! this was a great company - Program Manager NetApp Employee Review

2.0
3 Sept 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

This company has a history of doing great things and there are still some employees who embody the old NetApp. If you are brought in by a former manager, especially from Microsoft or Cisco, you will be fine and red carpet will be rolled out for you. If you are cool with risk, this is the company for you. The company is not afraid of getting sued!

Cons

The products are falling behind competitor, especially compared to Pure. Leadership is horrendously bad and getting worse. They hire their friends and clear out old employees, literally blaming leadership failings on "needing to get the right people in".

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5.0
7 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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
9 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Not the worst pay around - Opportunity for advancement if you get the right management - Good financial benefits (ESPP, 401k options, mega backdoor Roth) - The one thing GK is good at is driving up the company stock price. Hope you got yourself some RSUs

Cons

- NetApp hasn't made a new product in 10 years, so you'll be hard pressed to find development work that isn't directly tied to supporting what was built before then. - Very little innovation other than weekend-project-level AI tools - Health and dental benefits are not great - Upper management is completely detached from reality

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