Product Managers Beware - Stay Away - Product Manager NetApp Employee Review

1.0
28 Nov 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The company's definition of "best places to work" means "free fruit Tuesdays" and "Bagel Fridays."

Cons

Product managers are not respected by anyone, and there are very poor career choices for them. Engineers claim they don't treat product managers well because it's a "engineering-run" company. What BS! The worst middle managers you will find anywhere - insecure and not transparent. People with 10+ years here are just coasting, without doing any work. A lot of people (including those in sales) are leaving, and management's attitude is that instead of doing layoffs, they will not issue replacement reqs. People staying back have to work harder, with no rewards.

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5.0
18 Jun 2026
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CEO approval
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Pros

Good work life balance (in my team)

Cons

Leadership is bad, stay away!

3.0
26 Jun 2026
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Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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