The answer is always yes. The questions that should be asked now are when and how many.

When is the last date to return the laptop? Is there a strict deadline? Still haven’t returned it because I didn’t get a box from ups yet.

NetApp’s financial performance is much better than past years. Will they be generous to pay bonus to laid off people? If anyone gets it, please share

Who else is diasspointed with their thrive rewards?

i got let go May 19. still can't find a job. not surprise. According to NetApp, they will continue to pay 3-4 months of Health Insurance before July 18, but need to enroll or sign up before July 18. They never mentioned how to enroll or any link... — read more 

We're always seeing more cuts, fewer benefits, managers who know they can do whatever they want, and so many other things. This place fell so far so fast.

Cesar just announced the President Club. Roughly 150 people going to Four Seasons in Sydney. What's something like that gotta cost? How many FTEs could it have saved?

I overheard a conversation another layoff coming this July or August along the hallway. Is it true? I remember we had one last year around July/August/Sept. We spent more time worried about layoff and do the real work. I will planning to apply for... — read more 

What if, and hear me out, leadership focused on growing revenue instead of shrinking headcount? Wouldn't that be something? Too bad nobody here would ever try that.

Thinking about retaining an employment attorney to look over my layoff paperwork and see if there is any room to negotiate a better severance package. If you've used a lawyer for this, how did it go? Did the company offer more, or did you end up... — read more 

After an invasion of people from MS during last 5 years, it is now ZSCLR time. Story continues ... after getting a position of power, they bring their favorites. Latest is no less - an SVP. Go figure.

The Wall Street Journal evaluates how leading US corps stack up in 6 areas: AI readiness, innovation, talent readiness, financial fitness, resilience and agility. NetApp ranks #60 overall with an Overall Score of 61.3, placing it 5th out of 21... — read more 

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