SUNNYVALE, Calif.- January 3,
2012-NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP) announced today that it ranked
#6 on the Crain's New York Business annual "Best Places to
Work in New York City" list for 2011. Following the company's
recent #3 ranking on the first-ever World's Best Multinational
Workplaces, this award further validates NetApp's commitment to
driving growth and success for customers and partners with a
culture of inspired employees driven to create great outcomes.
"NetApp employees are the heart of our
success and our greatest competitive advantage," said Bill Hogan,
New York area vice president, NetApp. "We are honored to be
recognized by Crain's as an external validation of our employees'
commitment to living our cultural values and creating a rewarding
work environment that inspires extraordinary results. Our strong
global culture is our biggest differentiator, contributing directly
to our customers' and partners' success around the world."
Commitment to Being a Model Company
Drives Success
NetApp is committed to building a model global company that values
creativity, teamwork, open communication, leadership, adaptability,
and innovation. These values add up to a unique culture that is a
source of sustainable differentiation for the company worldwide and
that enables employees to reimagine how to improve business and
provide a foundation for customers and partners to maximize their
success.
With employees driven toward a shared
commitment to global success, NetApp nurtures its culture by
measuring itself against the world's best workplaces. Along with
NetApp's #6 ranking in New York City, NetApp has proven to be a
great place to work in many other locations around the world,
including:
- World's Best Multinational Workplace: #3
- Research Triangle Park, North Carolina: #1
- United Kingdom: #2
- Canada: #2
- Switzerland: #2
- Australia: #3
- France: #4
- Minnesota: #4
- United States: #5
- Netherlands: #5
- Washington, D.C.: #5
- Pennsylvania: #5
- Europe: #6
- Japan: #8
- Germany: #8
- India: #10
- Boston: #14
About Crain's New York Business "Best
Places to Work in New York City" List
Crain's partnered with the Best Companies Group to conduct 13,991
surveys of employees in New York City to identify New York City's
Best Places to Work. More than 150 eligible companies with 25 or
more employees participated in the process. Scores from employees,
who answered a confidential 76-question survey, were combined with
scores from a survey of the employers, which included questions
about benefits and policies. Results from the employee surveys made
up 75% of the total score; results from the employer surveys made
up 25%.
About Best Companies
Group
Best Companies Group is dedicated to establishing "Best Places to
Work," "Best Companies," and "Best Employers" programs in an effort
to distinguish companies who demonstrate and are superior in
workplace excellence. We research the dynamics and characteristics
of participating companies, analyze the data and produce a "Best"
distinction that will make the company, the selected region (or
industry) and the organizing partners proud. The very mission of
Best Companies Group is to "identify and recognize" places of
employment that are leading the way in defining the employee
experience of the 21st century.
Additional Resources
About NetApp
NetApp creates innovative storage and data management solutions
that deliver outstanding cost efficiency and accelerate business
breakthroughs. Our commitment to living our core values and
consistently being recognized as a great place to work around the
world are fundamental to our long-term growth and success, as well
as the success of our pathway partners and customers. Discover our
passion for helping companies around the world go further, faster
at www.netapp.com.
Press Contact:
NetApp PR
(408) 822-3287
xdl-uspr@netapp.com
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