I worked at NetApp for a decade and was there from the good ol' days (2007) to 2017, when the company was going downhill and had completely changed. Their decline started long before Kurian. Former CEO Tom Georgens didn't think Cloud would catch on, insisting on sticking to the old ways of doing things rather than ramp up their toolbox. Employees constantly begged that we needed to change but leadership never listened. Because of that, quarterly layoffs quietly became the norm and the culture became toxic and politically driven, so all the great folks left. It's really sad. It used to be a wonderful place to work.
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What a bunch of whiners. Take matters into your own hands. You don’t like it there, leave, like I did. Quit your whining. If you want to know the problem of NetApp, its the same as in most companies, a sense of entitlement. The company owns you nothing more than a fair wage for a fair job. ideally, that includes equity and other variable compensation. You don’t feel it’s fair, then put on your big boy pants and move an. They don’t benefit from your negative attitude, and you contribute to the problem you complain about.
I left over 3 years ago under my own decision because, get this, it was time to take matters in my own hands. No victim, no whining. The company did me well, but time to move on. Do the same and quit your whining./
NetApp is an interesting company .They systematically eliminated all African Americans in positions of so call power/upper management since 2015. In every location or department you cannot list 5-10 African Americans that are at the Director level or above. In a company of that size that is shameful
In the terms of Racial Equality I give them an “F”. Sorry for those affected but there is a “better” life after NetApp
Perhaps we should agree on cloud taxonomy first?
What do you mean by cloud? Private, Public or Hybrid?
A native cloud company is measured by public cloud numbers.
Which Cloud line items of 192% growth does NetApp report to the Street?
Does going from low numbers to 192% really mean?
I was part of this wave of layoff. Looking back i had begun to stagnate and was barely using my technical skills. Was already prepping for interviews so I'm totally cool about this. I felt kinda relieved when I was told of being let go.
I was there when they said they would never do HCI and then they panicked when they so what was happening with the HCI market and kluged together solidfire with severs. What a mess that was. Seems as though the cloud numbers are doing well.
Unfortunately Cloud team is not immune from recent shakeup. Cloud Data Services is a mirage.
Sorry, Dr. Lecter.
I guess that 192% clouf growth they reported today is just made up numbers?
Oh yea I remember the old leadership saying "screw cloud, customers will always buy filers." Kurian moved up from CDOT team and 'transformed' (aka 'cut') the company. Here we are today with an alpha cloud product claiming to be (hybrid) cloud experts.
I really need to move on, but it feels like a kick in the gut after working here for so many years, hoping things turn around yet they don't.
Leadership at netapp has been sh– and doesn't help when the market is against you.
Former NetApp employee here. This is just sad. I left over a year ago and I remember the constant fear of layoffs ruining my productivity while I was there. I feel for those who were impacted. Time to move on rather than staying there until it’s too late.
Dead man walking!
I’m glad I got out a few years back, after MANY years there. And I’m glad I’m almost three years into another job, another technology, another career. There is life after netapp, after storage even.
NetApp is riddled with politics and filled with folks who don't understand the industry nor good management principles in the middle to upper ranks. This is what happens when a technology firm is run by MBAs who are clueless about technology and differentiation needed to survive and thrive. The company has survived so long by selling assets (real estate) to Google and cutting expenses (head count). Product-related revenue has been shrinking for the past several years. No effort to train existing employees nor acquiring technologies to move forward. In all, just pathetic leadership. Actually, no leadership.
I was part of this latest layoff. Part of the Cloud Data Services team. Surprised that they'd cut into the Cloud team but I'm sensing this decision making history shouldn't necessarily make sense
And nothing has changed