NetApp Ranked 5th Best Place to Work for 2012

Remains top 10 British employer in medium category for fourth consecutive year

LONDON May 25, 2012 – NetApp, creator of innovative storage and data management solutions, today announced that it has achieved fifth position in this year’s Great Place to Work awards. This is the fourth consecutive year that the storage specialist has made the top ten. Ranked #2 in 2011, #6 in 2010 and #4 in 2009, NetApp has established a strong reputation as one of the UK’s best employers.

The Great Place To Work Institute awarded NetApp this prestigious ranking because of its unique corporate culture and the trusted relationship between its management and employees. NetApp is committed to achieving market leadership by living its values and embracing strong principles of trust, integrity, leadership, simplicity, teamwork, synergy and going beyond the ordinary.

"Our people are undoubtedly our most valued asset, they create and sustain the spirit and passion in our unique culture and are the foundation of our success.  Each and every employee contributes to making NetApp a fun, innovative and harmonious workplace – they make it a Great Place to Work for me,” said Dave Allen, Area VP UK&I, at NetApp. "This ranking combined with our continued market success reinforces my personal philosophy that sustainable business advantage is achieved through engaging our employees as individuals, and that our people remain a key differentiator in delivering value to our partners and customers.”

As an international organisation NetApp encourages the same ethos throughout all of its offices. The results of which can be seen as its sites around the world are also ranked among the top 10 workplaces in their respective countries:

•           Austria: #1

•           Canada: #2

•           France: #2

•           Germany: #2

•           Australia: #3

•           USA: #6

•           Japan: #8

•           Netherlands: #8

•           India: #10

 The Great Place to Work Institute assess and select Best Workplaces with an anonymous employee survey and management questionnaire, which measure trust and culture respectively. Those workplaces which ‘achieve organisational objectives with employees who give their personal best and work together as a team or family, all in an environment of trust’ are ranked in the Great Place to Work awards. The benefits of which are shown to  be improved profit margins, greater productivity, customer loyalty, fewer staff sick days and more long-term staff. For more information visit http://www.greatplacetowork.co.uk

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