SUNNYVALE, CA--(Marketwire - January 21, 2010) - NetApp (
NASDAQ:
NTAP) today was ranked #7 in
FORTUNE magazine's "100 Best Companies to Work For" list for 2010. This is
the second consecutive year that NetApp was ranked in the top 10 and the
fourth consecutive year it was ranked in the top 15. "Congratulations to
SAS for attaining the top spot in this year's 100 Best Companies to Work
For list," said Tom Georgens, president and CEO at NetApp.
Based on this year's Great Place to Work® Trust Index© employee survey,
NetApp's overall score is six points higher than last year's score, and the
company achieved higher scores in all five dimensions of the Trust Index:
credibility, respect, fairness, pride, and camaraderie. NetApp is committed
to being a model company with a culture that values creativity, teamwork,
productivity, leadership, and innovation. NetApp's egalitarian culture,
competitive salaries, unique benefits, and down-to-earth management style
are valued by its employees and have led to the company's consistently high
ranking on FORTUNE's list of the top-100 employers.
"We are honored to be ranked #7 on FORTUNE's list and proud to have been
ranked in the top 10 for three of the last four years. Our talented
employees and strong global culture drive our company's success," said
Georgens. "We are committed to our culture, values, and benefits, which
create an environment that employees enjoy and value. In turn, that helps
us enable customer breakthroughs, retain top talent, and deliver greater
shareholder returns. We continue to focus on remaining one of the world's
best places to work."
Today's announcement follows similar awards recognizing NetApp as a "great
place to work" in several other locations around the world, including:
- Australia - #2
- United Kingdom - #4
- Germany - #9
- India - #9
- Netherlands - #11
- Europe - #11
- France - #14
To pick the 100 Best Companies, FORTUNE partners with the Great Place to
Work Institute to conduct the most extensive employee survey in corporate
America. Two-thirds of a company's score is based on the results of the
Institute's Trust Index survey, which is sent to a random sample of
employees from each company. The survey asks questions related to the
employees' attitudes about management credibility, job satisfaction, and
camaraderie. The other third of the score is based on the company's
responses to the Institute's Culture Audit, which includes detailed
questions about pay and benefit programs and a series of open-ended
questions about hiring, communication, and diversity.
The full list of winners and related stories appear in the February 8 issue
of FORTUNE, available on newsstands on Monday, January 25, and now at
www.fortune.com/bestcompanies.
About NetApp
NetApp creates innovative storage and data management solutions that
accelerate business breakthroughs and deliver outstanding cost efficiency.
Discover NetApp's passion for helping companies around the world go
further, faster at
www.netapp.com.
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