Working at NetApp in Sunnyvale, CA: 48 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Sunnyvale, CA Area

"Boring, backwards."

What do you like about working at NetApp?

"Not sure, I ask myself the same question after working there a year."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Don't go there, you will regret if you do. The complete management chain reward people on their personal likes and dislikes more so than anywhere else."

What don't you like about working at NetApp?

"This company is very backwards, has a lot of stupid process that waste time such as bug forecasting on a weekly basis for 12 to 24 weeks for each release."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"See what other companies are doing to produce quality products."

"I am thankful for working in my current NetApp role. Great people and culture."

What do you like about working at NetApp?

"There are great people and leaders all around at NetApp. Wonderful supporting culture."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Make sure that you are confident and willing to dive deep in any projects that you are given."

What don't you like about working at NetApp?

"Strong growth, but many of the processes/systems are a bit outdated."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Continue the great leadership, but also invest the time to find ways to improve efficiencies."

What do you like about working at NetApp?

"flexible working hourslaptop for every single employee as a basic equipment"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"no, there are so many different business units and groups, and every one is different."

What don't you like about working at NetApp?

"manager did not have much power to ensure the quality."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"quality is the most fundamental and critical factor to a successful release"

What do you like about working at NetApp?

"The people are great to work with because they are generally smart, collaborative and motivated."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Take an active interest in innovation, enthusiasm and working well in a collaborative environment."

What don't you like about working at NetApp?

"Very political and process-driven. People get burnt out easily and lack of true personal growth and development assisted by management (no mentorship)."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Make impact more responsively as opposed to having to endure never ending process, politics."

"A great learning experience, and great first opportunity."

What do you like about working at NetApp?

"The culture, compensation, opportunities to travel, amenities, and the technology."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be very well rounded, as positions in the company often require you to be multifaceted."

What don't you like about working at NetApp?

"The lack of career growth opportunities, and the location of the offices."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would suggest that more thought should be given to the software aspects of my department's responsibilities."

"Seasoned Professional in the Area of Work"

What do you like about working at NetApp?

"The business trend and my value in that trend as to how it fits"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Check out and ask these questions upfront be clear on what you need from the positions and what you expect"

What don't you like about working at NetApp?

"unreasonable schedules that are not doable but still you are asked to try"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be considerate towards the human values and putting the company objectives right behind"

"It was a great experience."

What do you like about working at NetApp?

"It was very professional while still being relaxed and everyone knew what they were doing."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Relax and make sure your personality shines, also make sure that for engineers you know your code well."

What don't you like about working at NetApp?

"I wasn't there long enough, and there were too many meetings."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"My suggestion for management would be to have better communication with their workers."

"I enjoyed my time at NetApp, I worked with a great team, all hard working, giving their 150%, and never losing their sense of humor."

"Best work environment I've had!"

"Excellent place to work."

"One of the best places to work in the valley, but not a lot of room for growth or promotion."

What do you like about working at NetApp?

"Great campus and cafeteria."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Yes, be open and positive and communicative."

What don't you like about working at NetApp?

"Management."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be holistic in your viewpoints."

"NetApp is a great place to work if you are able to handle the constant re-orgs, mgt changes, etc."

What do you like about working at NetApp?

"Benefits."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"be prepared for a lot of interviews. The average when I was there was 16 interviews per candidate."

What don't you like about working at NetApp?

"Constant management and priority changes to the point that engineering didn't know what to work on. They are too top heavy and there is a lot of political nonsense going on. Makes it difficult to build a product."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Understand how disruptive re-orgs are."