Not the best place if you want to grow fast - Software Engineer NetApp Employee Review

2.0
19 Apr 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Good co-workers. Lots of energy and enthusiastic young work force. Excellent office buildings and onsite gym.

Cons

Not the best place to advance your career, especially if you are a mid-entry level engineer. Managers act as hurdles to your growth rather than facilitating your growth. Management has become very conservative due to failures in the past. You will not like it here if you like some space and decision making powers to work on things you like. Favoritism amongst top management.

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5.0
7 Jun 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
9 Jun 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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