Pros: Existing culture is still OK. That's the people culture, not the corporate culture.

Cons: Corporate wants the "Best Place To Work" and touts the culture. But it used to promote that first, knowing that company performance followed. Now that the company has lost its way, every other sentence in All Hands seems to be about culture, but there's no corporate backing for it. Corporate wants it all, but is sacking people like EMC – numbers. NetApp USED to have one layoff for an entire recession, re-strategize the products, and come out running with good products – and no fear of further layoffs. This is the third layoff in a row. The first was "the one for the recession," but it showed they no longer understood the market (hint: it's NOT CDOT – too myopic on that one). Last year, they sacked most of the few cloud projects while saying, "we don't understand cloud." It was obvious by who got laid off they "gave up" on a fiscal deadline for re-slotting people. So, for most, last year in particular was a wake-up call for employees. This year's – including appropriate corporate sacking – showed no further understanding of the market or vision. Sure, they patched up a hybrid-cloud strategy; that's good for NOW, but what's the strategy? CDOT is, what, 90% of revenue, and they've not acquisitions in sight either way. Kurian is a bean counter, and his main advice at all hands was "execute faster." Execute a market-indicated failed strategy faster?

Pros: The communication within the company is open and free. The work environment is comfortable and flexible. The management cares about the employees.

Cons: The company is large, and as a result, there are processes for things that sometimes get in the way of doing something fast.

Pros: Good environment, good salaries, cutting-edge technologies in its field, and stable.

Cons: Long development cycle, waterfall methodology, bureaucracy, slow adoption of new technologies.