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Great Tech, Sad Rifs

Engineering
Current Employee
Has worked at NetApp for 20 years
January 5, 2017
Boulder, Colorado
1.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

NetApp used to be a great company with fantastic opportunity, benefits, and great technology.

Note to potential new employees: The RIF support process is top-notch.

Cons

The company's reorganization has caused it to fall from #4 to last on Fortune's list of companies to work for.

Why would management eliminate the OEM E-Series business without at least considering applying internal sales as an augmentation?

RIFs are/will be continuous, and HR does not support existing RIF'ed employees in finding internal jobs. This is very sad.

Advice to Management

Obviously, dropping off the Fortune 400 companies list is a message you need to deal with. Customers and certainly NetApp employees are dealing with this.

Review the director's management experience, leadership skills, and certainly the ability to apply new technology into the product line. Start managing the Sales Department to ensure all NetApp products have the marketing/sales infrastructure to survive and be successful.

Seriously, how can any storage company succeed without Cloud technology in today's world? Hint: API is spelled A.P.I. Google it. It's not very hard to understand.

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