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NetApp Tel-Aviv - A terrible place to work

Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at NetApp for 2 years
October 6, 2021
Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
1.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

Mostly laid-back atmosphere. No need to come to the office. Good work-life balance.

Cons

No long-term planning. Assignments are simply dropped on your head out of the blue. This is okay for a start-up, but not a massive enterprise.

Unprofessional. Many teams work with old technologies or technologies that are unsuited for the job. Bugs are overlooked instead of being solved by senior engineers, which then cause massive, hard-to-debug issues that affect other teams.

Coordination between different teams is terrible.

Many employees are unhappy and feel the same way, which creates a very poor atmosphere in the office.

Many people write code without it being reviewed, simply because they don't have anyone on their team who knows the tech. (Thought about getting someone from a different team?)

Endless bureaucracy about EVERYTHING. Also, there is a different portal for every action you need to make.

Endless meetings about everything. The daily meeting in my team takes 45 minutes, out of which the team lead speaks 30.

Poor stock performance compared to other tech companies.

HR is unprofessional. The recruitment and onboarding process were terrible. A friend who was interviewed and passed all the professional interviews was given an offer by HR to be a contractor without notifying him in advance that he would not be an official company employee.

Welfare is almost non-existent. There are no happy hours, no happiness, barely an annual event, and offices are emptier than Chernobyl.

Advice to Management

Fire the HR and Welfare.

Additional Ratings

Work/Life Balance
4.0
Culture and Values
1.0
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
4.0
Career Opportunities
2.0
Compensation and Benefits
2.0
Senior Management
2.0

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