NetApp's Corporate Culture and HR Practices


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Case Details:
Case Code : HROB119
Case Length : 15 pages
Period : 1992-2009
Pub Date : 2009
Teaching Note :Not Available
Organization : NetApp Inc.
Industry : IT Hardware
Countries : USA

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"Employee enthusiasm for the legendary egalitarian culture helped catapult NetApp to No. 1 after six years on our list." 1

- Fortune Magazine2, in February 2009.

"We have long been committed to building our corporate culture and sustaining it over the years. Our success is not just attributable to the amount of solutions sold but to the people behind them, those who come up with the innovative ideas and produce and deliver the products and those who help our customers espouse the value promised." 3

- Simon Green, General Manager, NetApp, Asia Pacific, in 2009.

Best Company to Work For

In January 2009, US-based NetApp Inc. (NetApp), a leading network storage solution company, was ranked #1 in the list of '100 Best Companies to Work For,'4 by Fortune magazine. The company had improved its ranking significantly, having been in the 14th position in 2008 (Refer to Exhibit I for the List of Top 15 in 100 Best Companies to Work For in 2009). The list was prepared by Great Places to Work (GPW) Institute5, on behalf of Fortune magazine. According to GPW, "NetApp is a serious company. Serious about customer service, serious about beating the competition, and serious about being a great workplace. For 2009, NetApp is the #1 Best Company to Work for in America."6

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1] "100 Best Companies to Work For 2009," http://money.cnn.com, January 22, 2009.
2] Fortune is a business magazine, published globally by Time Inc.'s Fortune/Money Group since 1930.
3] Simon Green, "How Corporate Culture can Cement Firms," www.nationmultimedia.com, February 16, 2009.
4] The Fortune List of '100 best Companies to Work for'is prepared on companies based only in the US. For 2008, about 406 companies participated in the survey, out of which NetApp was placed 14th.
5] GPW, founded in 1991, is a research and management consultancy firm based in the US and with offices all across the world. It was started by author Robert Levering and organization consultant Amy Lyman. It is mainly involved in research in the field of work place practices.
6] "NetApp - Culture-Values-Leadership," www.greatplacetowork.com, 2009.

  

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