SUNNYVALE, Calif.-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/uk.
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