In years gone by there were several "restructuring" events in which many folks lost their positions at NetApp. In all of those events there was, at least in the management view, a fair amount of transparency. That meant that they knew what they were going to lose, how much they would save and how much they could invest in new opportunities to transform the business. In most of those cases changes to the market meant that workers made redundant at the manufacturer would have increased opportunities at partners. I have No Idea who might know what potential benefits may accrue from this latest round (which, if I'm not mistaken, began as far back as May2015).
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Kurian a while back sacked a lot of our team. While then a level or two above my Sr. Director manager.
My Sr. Director didn't even know until Kurian provided the list (which for the most part was wrong) of whom to sack. The night before. No consultation. Oh, wait, sounds like IBM now (all algo)
Now he's Prez . Go figure Wall Street and "Performance"
I was there for 15 years and wow. From amazing to, well, at least token better than IBM, and still touting "culture?"
What are you basing that 75% #H1B number on?
Got layed off in 2009 within Data Protection Tech Marketing group at corporate, actually met the current President while he was a consultant for an outside firm and he told me he may become the CEO of NetApp.
I have been in High Tech for way to many years and always enjoyed NetApp. I just started doing some NetApp work again for a firm. I just am happy to have a job as a middle class engineer, however I read an article about 75% of Silicon Valley Tech workers are foreign i.e. H1B visa. It is bogus for corporations to say they need more when these lays offs happen so often!!!!!! People are the greater assets then Wall Street. So be carefull what you wish for CEO's
Got layed off in 2009 within Data Protection Tech Marketing group at corporate, actually met the current President while he was a consultant for an outside firm and he told me he may become the CEO of NetApp.
I have been in High Tech for way to many years and always enjoyed NetApp. I just started doing some NetApp work again for a firm. I just am happy to have a job as a middle class engineer, however I read an article about 75% of Silicon Valley Tech workers are foreign i.e. H1B visa. It is bogus for corporations to say they need more when these lays offs happen so often!!!!!! People are the greater assets then Wall Street. So be carefull what you wish for CEO's