I was a loyal employee for so many years, since the early 2000's. I don't know what motivated me to work 60+ hours a week, round the clock to accommodate Bangalore, APAC, EMEA. But I did it with a smile on my face and honestly look forward to getting... — read more
Confirmed that positions in Vienna are being cut
3.5 years with NTAP, this is my 5th time missing the cut (well, at last that I'm aware of, that may change this week) but I am losing peers that I have been honored to work with. Really getting tired of good people be affected. I loved NTAP when I... — read more
Talked to my boss, and...
Well spoke to my boss today and he is worried as normally he has "the list" by now. They asked for his target list of people to "transform" 4 weeks ago but hasn't heard anything since. I guess we will start to know in a few days. Hope its not me, I... — read more
Check your teams
They should see how unorganized whole company is. In ASUP team which is a typical MIS team. They have 2 Sr directors, one director, one sr manager, atleast 4 managers and 8 program managers. Whole team is close to 100 plus and Sunnyvale heavy. What... — read more
Sunnyvale
Sunnyvale sent 3 mandatory meeting requests for managers for Monday and Tuesday. So we will see the axe starting from Wednesday
Why layoffs?
In another post, someone mentioned the following: "There aren't rumors of another layoff. It was stated in a publicly released transcript of an earnings call that there will be layoffs. Rumors by definition aren't verifiable. This imminent layoff is... — read more
All clear in RTP
No boxes in the printing room. All conference rooms open.
Signs of Layoff Coming
Manager asking me to try to finish some work this week itself. Dunno if that is just a coincidence. Look out for signs like these. Is your manager trying to get to know "where you are currently with your work items"? Those might be the giveaways.
Do you know/What do you think about all this NetApp is for sell/ NetApp is already acquired rumors ?
Any updates?
Hearing that it is nearing and may happen starting of Oct.
All travel canceled today, and all-manager meetings today in Wichita and Boulder
Appears that today is the day for the next round.
Rub your Ruby crystal: Netapp mini survival guide
I am sure, most of you figured that out by now, but this is for the ones who didn't, reason why they're in great danger if they don't act on it right now: 1) forget about how you perform, no matter which department or line of work you're in. That was... — read more
Best way to turn NetApp around
Fck the bullsht transformation, send all VPs, Directors and Managers to competitors. Start with Chantal Faucher. Send her useless *ss to EMC. F*ck the competitors up and saving tons of money.
NetApp CEO sells ~48,000 shares of his stock
Looks like NetApp CEO George Kurian sold ~48,000 shares of his stock the other day. I guess he's taking advantage of the recent spike in share price?! ~ $1.7Million ... that would be plenty to buy a nice new house :-)... — read more
Respect GK - for turning things around for Netapp and it's shareholders.
Questions are: Can it be sustained? Can he and the exec team do the same for employees?
Hopefully you don't work at Cisco, where 14k will be laid off
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-cisco-systems-layoffs-idUSKCN10S05D If you jumped to Cisco from NetApp. Good luck.
Layoffs to be announced at FY17 Q1 all hands?
I heard from sources that a layoff is to be announced at the FY17 Q1 all hands. The layoff is expected to be small but will include senior folks mostly. Are these rumors true?
Stab Netapp the first chance you get folks. Let it bleed blue.
In my 2 years at Netapp as a fresher, I have gone from caring so much about a company to not giving a flying f--- about it to hating it. I have seen my peers (less than 1-2 years exp) being asked to leave citing performance or whatever reasons. This... — read more
Netapp CEO Compensation
From the most recent Proxy Statement with SEC CEO George Kurians 2015 Base Salary was $500k and in Fiscal 2016 it is $800k a jump of 60%. His Total Compensation for the year 2014,2015 and 2016 is 2.8Million, 4.0 million and 9.5 million. meaning his... — read more
Next round coming August-September?
Hearing some buzz that another round is coming soon - nothing really solid, but it's believable, from pretty good sources. US anyway, haven't heard about other geos.
Denise Cox packing up for Cisco
Local biz journals saying she is heading to Cisco on her own accord. This just fuels the rumors that we have heard for years saying Cisco could buy NetApp. She would certainly be a good candidate to head up an integration plan.
Could Brexit put an end to Netapp UK disastrous management of the NEMEA region?
What is good for someone is not necessarily good for everybody. Sadly, the management team from Netapp UK didn't seem to understand how things work for the rest of NEMEA countries which cause a free fall year after year.
Cynthia Stoddard now CIO of Adobe
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160519005448/en/Adobe-Names-Cynthia-Stoddard-Senior-Vice-President Anyone know the backstory? Was she fired? Or just leave on her own?
Severance checks
Has anyone receive them yet?
And yet again, NetApp is planning another realignment
Chatter is intensifying and pointing to another layoff this fall. Upper management have signed NDAs with planning meetings underway.
Companies must stop sending jobs to overseas. Govt. needs to track on companies who are sending jobs with the name of re-structuring.
Companies must stop sending jobs to overseas. Govt. needs to track on companies who are sending jobs with the name of re-structuring or with the name of saving money. It is not a viable solution because labor cost have increased way too much in other... — read more
Stop sending Fellow Americans Job to Overseas. It's Illegal and not fair to working Americans and for American economy.
To All fellow Americans, if your organization is outsourcing or sending your job to overseas you can flight for it. https://kilmer.house.gov/me Kilmer, Collins Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Stop the Outsourcing of American Jobs... — read more
EMEA April 2016
What had happened this morning in EMEA ? works council finished their job?
New CFO
I would say the sell off is in the making with the hiring of this CFO
Another 500 to be cut (rumor)?
There is a rumor going around that another 500 will soon be cut. Does anyone have any evidence supporting this?