A question for those who were laid off during the last wave, and had unspent PTO (from when they told use it up before FTO was introduced): did NetApp pay it out as part of the severance?

Say what you want about this place, but for me, it's still one of the best jobs I've had. Pay is fine. Work is interesting. Coworkers are great. That's why I'm scared of getting laid off. I don't want to go.

It’s the same story everywhere, but it feels especially absurd at our company. VPs and above fly business class, enjoy generous budgets they seem to circulate among themselves, and receive inflated bonuses for minimal impact. Many of them... — read more 

Just curious how many people are asking hard questions which don't get answered. I know I keep posting things, but since they are difficult, they aren't answered even if no other questions are out there and there is time to answer them. We all know... — read more 

People managers will either be offered to go back to IC or let go. Is this true? With AI what's the role of managers anymore?

Anyone know?

The best direction from above this week is we need to work better as a TEAM!! From the same people who demand that everyone on that team be split into specific categories by specific percentages where some of them must be rated as needs improvement... — read more 

If you came in from an acquired company, was your time at the acquired company counted toward your severance? Came into NetApp via SolidFire and I want to know if my pre-NetApp time should be counted.

What the he-l is wrong with you kiss-a-s corporate boot-lickers? Beth doesn't support families, women, disabled people, and those with extenuating circumstances with the RTO requirements that make FTO impossible. And to add insult to injury, the... — read more 

For the severance it stated should still be covered 60 days from notice with health benefits but from my spouse they're saying they have no coverage at all Is anyone else having issues with medical coverage issues?

Anyone else hearing that there is a small layoff planned in the next 2-3 weeks?

Thoughts on Instaclustr acquisition?

Its one thing to be laid off but IMO severance is a slap in face. 3 months for 9 years+ employment. For those of us over 20 years employment to get 3 months severance ...seems wrong.

We all know this is far from over, so when will it continue?

What a blunder... Sometimes I feel that half of the pain we are going through is due to this horrible dud. It's a dark gift that keeps on giving as we bleed even more money trying to fix things.

shows 77 people at the San Jose site were part of the layoff

this goes out to the US or other high-cost geos - is anyone else hearing about a new team that was secretly created and "want to learn" about your project/product? i've heard from 2 different groups that this has happened outside of my coterie.

And it's simple. I think they just need to free up budget to pay the three new ex-Microsoft ProdOps executives they just brought in.

Why aren’t tech workers in countries with weak labor protections organizing unions? The Samsung chip employees’ strike and subsequent payout amid record profits shows it works. TSMC workers may be next. So what’s actually stopping unionization in... — read more 

Given the latest layoffs and the constant threat of more cuts, I’ve been thinking a lot about how much cash I have available and how many months of unemployment it would carry me through. I didn't like the number at all. Three months tops. I’m... — read more 

Have older or remote employees been targeted by this large, company-wide layoff? Are there grounds to investigate this possibility?

Have the people pushing this ever actually used AI for anything real? Yeah, you can automate some boring stuff, but you could do that with regular code, and you wouldn't have to babysit it. Plus, AI doesn't create anything new. It never will. Once... — read more 

58 and Laid off for the first time in. my life. I spent most of my adult life in the military so this is a new experience for me

Senior Director: Its not about performance that we lay you off. Me: ok..... Senior Director: Is there anything we can help you? Me: Yes, don't lay me off...... (I just be nice and didn't say that) After 20 years..... this is the conversation i got... — read more 

New focus on expanded documentation they say. Do they think we are id--ts? Just ask us to directly train the AI that is meant to replace us, why don'tcha? They have brought in three bigwigs from Microsoft and Google - come on. We know what they... — read more 

Executive incompetence (or incontinence) is truly the root cause of all of this. Gross mismanagement of spiking costs for flash ki-led margins, awful roll out of UCPQ, project ocean was a disaster that is still the gift that keeps on giving having... — read more 

Chime in below. Also, I would not be surprised if someone was to set up a prediction market on Kalshi or PolyMarket for things like this. But then, HR or Management would have an upper hand and would always win (just like they do in the real life but... — read more 

No point in investing in this place. Look at who they cut - nobody is safe, and hard work clearly doesn't matter.

Just a thought, maybe start chasing VAST/Weka/Qumulo before they eat all your NAS lunch?

It felt completely stripped of any clear message or real leadership. It looked like it was generated completely with AI or rewritten so many times by HR that there was absolutely no purpose to it. No numbers, no changes, no future. How did NetApp... — read more 

How they always manage to target the very people the team depends on is beyond me.

For code contributors, there’s metrics involved now. Even within tiers of needs improvement, meets, or exceeds, they have top, middle, and low rankings. Basically tracking commits from forked branches of mainstream repos. I’m sure they used this as... — read more 

Will we at least get a few months to recover from all the stress?

Fu--ing disrespectful to see postings/ openings based in Bangalore today on LinkedIn.

The next round of layoffs here at NetApp highlight a growing issue: leadership increasingly feels disconnected from reality. Too many decisions seem to come from a C-level bubble rather than from understanding employees and customers. Another... — read more 

The leadership is hoping you will. They're hoping they'll get fewer people to do more. If you know what's good for you and all of your coworkers, you won't play into their hands.