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Invest more money into engineering

Software Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at NetApp for 2 years
May 12, 2020
Sunnyvale, California
3.0
RecommendsNeutral OutlookApproves of CEO
Pros

Work-life balance, amazing people, interesting work.

Cons

Limited $ and resources in engineering.

Most employees' mentality is to just go to work as a job, and take advantage of the strong work-life balance and benefits. There's no incentive to take ownership and do more because pay is much lower (very little equity is given) compared to other tech companies, and vertical movement is very slow progress.

Ramp-up speed is also very slow. Every transfer of knowledge is done by word of mouth rather than written documentation. If there is documentation, it's very outdated. Ramp-up should not be so painful. When a senior engineer leaves, the knowledge/expertise is lost.

Advice to Management

Invest more into engineering to compete with other tech companies, motivate people to innovate, and attract new talent.

NetApp seems to be following trends instead of setting tech trends.

Encourage strong and constant documentation for self-sufficiency for new hires.

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