Great place to work! - Performance Engineer NetApp Employee Review

4.0
Apr 12, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great pay and benefits, challenging engineering problems, weekly beer bash, and a decent “get things done” environment for a big company. Great place to start or end your career!

Cons

Being successful in Engineering without politics is tough. There is a lot of cliquey, mafioso-type attitudes at the senior / principle engineer and technical director level; merit at that level seems based on who you know not what you can get done. Engineering environment is lagging, circa de 1990. If you’re looking to leverage new or Open Source technologies then, with a few exceptions, you should look elsewhere.

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5.0
Jun 1, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good company, management generally supports the employees, good work-life-family balance

Cons

Recent restructuring layoffs were random. NetApp recently went to a "laddering" evaluation system that relied too much on management perception and not facts.

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3.0
May 28, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great office location Collaborative team and coworkers with product resolution for customers Ongoing learning new technologies in the field DEI and options for more unique perspectives

Cons

NetApp has a tendency to have proprietary knowledge so it's difficult to confirm if this can translate well to other companies/industries While there is DEI and more the office can have a tendecy to have people state things that are flat out harmful to others this isn't covered and ignored Company has lots of layoffs and it's difficult to guage when this may happen and if you'll be impacted or not

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