Laid off from NetApp.
NetApp cuts the way infrastructure vendors in transition do, repeated small San Jose filings while the product line pivots to cloud and AI storage. Employee reviews use the phrase frequent layoffs; the filings back the adjective.
At a glance
What's known about NetApp severance and layoffs
- 77 roles · May 2026 San Jose round
- 56 roles · April 2025 round
- 2, both California · WARN filings since 2025, our tracker
- Not published · Individual severance terms
- 11 · All-time filings, our tracker
- About 11,700 · Employees worldwide, April 2026
- About 8% of headcount · Announced cut, January 2023
- $56 million · Restructuring charges, quarter to July 2026
Recent NetApp layoffs
NetApp's September filing books $56 million in restructuring charges
A quarterly report filed on September 2, 2026 records a restructuring plan NetApp's management approved during the quarter that ended July 31, 2026, with charges the filing describes as primarily employee severance-related. Net restructuring charges across the company's plans came to $56 million for that quarter, against $2 million a year earlier, and NetApp told investors the work should finish by the end of fiscal 2027. No headcount goes with it. The newest filed count remains 77 San Jose roles from a May 2026 notice, with separations set for July 18.
Previous rounds
NetApp layoff history
If you're trying to work out where you stand at NetApp, the company hands you two different sets of numbers. Its SEC filings carry percentages and aggregate restructuring charges. Our tracker holds 11 filings in all under the company's names, 2 of them covering 133 jobs since the start of 2025. Each was filed in California, 56 roles in April 2025 and 77 in May 2026. Those counts sit against the roughly 11,700 employees NetApp reported worldwide in April 2026.
The bigger numbers are in the filings rather than the notices. NetApp announced a cut of about 8% of worldwide headcount on January 31, 2023, telling investors it expected $85 million to $95 million in charges, primarily employee severance and benefit costs. It cut about 2% of its global workforce over the first three quarters of fiscal 2024, then about 4% over the same span of fiscal 2025, that later figure including roles ended with the sale of its Spot by NetApp business. In the employee letter filed alongside the 2023 announcement, chief executive George Kurian wrote that the changes would reduce the size of the team by around eight percent.
The newest reduction on record arrived as an accounting line. NetApp's quarterly report filed on September 2, 2026 records a restructuring plan management approved during the quarter that ended July 31, 2026, with charges the filing describes as primarily employee severance-related. Net restructuring charges across the company's plans came to $56 million for that single quarter, against $2 million a year earlier, which is more than the $21 million booked across all of fiscal 2026, and that year followed $83 million in fiscal 2025 and $44 million in fiscal 2024. NetApp told investors the work is expected to finish by the end of fiscal 2027. No headcount was attached to any of it.
On severance, the record gives out. Every round above carries the same line about terms because no individual formula or amount is on record, and the reporting around the May 2026 cuts noted that the specifics stayed undisclosed. The aggregate is real money, which shows the company budgets for exit costs, and it says nothing about the size of any single offer. For the one that applies to you, your own agreement is where the figure lives.
So the work sits in your own agreement, and one clause there repays a careful read. When a group termination program asks a worker 40 or older to waive age discrimination claims, the rule requires the employer to hand over two things in writing. First, the job title and age of every person eligible or selected for the program. Second, the ages of those not eligible or selected who sit in the same job classification or organizational unit. That list is how you see the shape of the decision. The EEOC keeps a checklist for the moment an agreement lands in front of you. For the California sites NetApp filed on, the state's Employment Development Department receives those notices and runs Rapid Response services for affected workers.
Reporting on previous NetApp layoff rounds
Quarter ended July 31, 2026 · A restructuring plan management approved during that quarter. NetApp booked $56 million in net restructuring charges across its plans for the quarter, against $2 million a year earlier
The filing describes the plan's charges as primarily employee severance-related. Terms not published.
May 2026 · 77 roles at the San Jose headquarters, about 0.7% of the roughly 11,700 employees NetApp reported worldwide in April 2026, with separations set for July 18
April 2025 · 56 roles in the California filing. NetApp separately described an April 2025 action as a strategic organizational realignment, and one trade report put that action at about 6% of the workforce, a figure the company didn't confirm
Fiscal 2025 through January 2025 · About 4% of the global workforce, across plans approved in the first nine months of the fiscal year, including roles ended with the sale of the Spot by NetApp business
Fiscal 2024 · About 2% of the global workforce, across plans that also terminated real estate leases
January 2023 · About 8% of worldwide headcount, announced to investors on January 31, 2023
The company expected $85 million to $95 million in charges, primarily employee severance and benefit costs, most of them cash. Terms not published.
How NetApp's layoffs compare to other companies
NetApp's May 2026 notice landed in a crowded filing cycle. Meta Platforms filed the same month for 671 Bay Area jobs across Burlingame, San Francisco and Fremont, against NetApp's 77 at a single San Jose address. The two records also differ in where their numbers live. NetApp's larger reductions reached the public as percentages inside SEC filings, while its California notices carry counts of roles.
What to do after being laid off from NetApp
- File for unemployment in the state where you worked. Benefits run from your filing date, and severance usually doesn't block you. NetApp's biggest hubs: California, North Carolina, Kansas. Somewhere else? Every state is here.
- Apply for financial and hardship assistance. Unemployment supplements income, but food benefits, health coverage and utility help are often available as well. Here's some of what NetApp's hub states run: California, North Carolina, Kansas, and every other state is here.
- Mind the health insurance window. Losing coverage opens a 60-day special enrollment period, and an ACA plan usually beats unsubsidized COBRA. Compare your options before the employer coverage lapses, and read how the COBRA clocks run if you are weighing it seriously.
- Get your real runway number. Severance plus savings divided by reality. The calculator takes five minutes.
- Know which clocks are already running. Severance review windows, COBRA election, visa grace periods, and 401(k) rollovers all run on federal deadlines that started at termination. All five deadlines are here.
NetApp layoff and severance questions
What severance does NetApp pay in layoffs?
No terms on record. The company has put no severance schedule into public view for any round in our tracker, and reporting on the May 2026 cuts recorded that the specifics stayed undisclosed. What the company reports instead is the total bill. It expected $85 million to $95 million in charges for the January 2023 program, primarily employee severance and benefit costs. For the offer that applies to you, the agreement itself is the document to read.
Are NetApp layoffs getting bigger?
The two California counts went up, 56 roles filed in April 2025 and 77 in May 2026, though two filings aren't enough to call a company-wide trend. The SEC percentages cover different periods and a wider scope, about 8% of worldwide headcount announced in January 2023, then about 2% and about 4% across the two fiscal years that followed. The newest plan carries no headcount at all, and the $56 million booked in the quarter to July 2026 covers charges across NetApp's plans rather than that one.
Where does NetApp experience transfer best right now?
The May 2026 roles sat in product management, software engineering and sales, by an account built on internal notices and employee reports rather than anything NetApp confirmed. Nothing in the reporting we track follows where those people went next. What travels with anyone leaving is the documentation. NetApp's filings describe its reductions in dated detail across several restructuring plans, so the reason a role ended is a matter of public record rather than something to reconstruct from memory.
How many people has NetApp laid off?
There's no single published total. Our tracker counts 11 notices across the whole record, of which 2 cover 133 jobs since the start of 2025. Notices capture only what a state requires and publishes, so they undercount. NetApp's own reports give percentages instead, and its newest plan gives money rather than a count.
How long do I have to sign a NetApp severance agreement?
Your agreement carries the deadline, so check that before anything else. If you're 40 or over and the paperwork asks you to give up age discrimination claims, the federal rule sets a floor of 21 days to weigh an individual offer, or 45 days when the offer arrives as part of a group program, plus a further 7 days to revoke once you have signed.
Did NetApp announce layoffs in 2026?
Yes. A California WARN notice filed in May 2026 covered 77 roles at the San Jose headquarters, with separations set for July 18. Separately, the quarterly report filed that September disclosed a restructuring plan approved in the quarter that ended July 31, along with $56 million in net restructuring charges across NetApp's plans for that quarter, naming no headcount and no site.
Where do I file for unemployment after being laid off from NetApp?
In the state where you worked, not where the company is headquartered. NetApp's biggest U.S. hubs are California, North Carolina, Kansas. Severance usually doesn't block you from filing, and benefits run from your filing date, so file the same week.
Is it OK to file for unemployment after a layoff at NetApp?
Yes. Unemployment insurance is funded by payroll taxes employers pay on wages, the claim never appears on credit reports or background checks, and future employers cannot see it. If the hesitation itself is the obstacle, whether filing is OK has its own article.
What happens to my health insurance after a layoff at NetApp?
Your plan sets the end date rather than the law, so the separation packet is where that date actually lives, and it is often the last day of the month rather than your last day of work. After coverage ends, COBRA lets you keep the identical plan by paying the whole premium yourself, up to 102 percent of what the plan really costs, which lands as several times the payroll deduction you were used to. You get 60 days to elect, counted from the later of coverage ending or the election notice arriving, and electing reaches the coverage back to the day the old plan stopped so no gap exists. How continuation coverage works walks the timing, and whether to take it rather than a marketplace plan is a separate decision.
Should I sign the severance agreement right away?
First pin down how much review time you actually have. If you're 40 or older, federal law gives you 21 days to consider an agreement that waives age claims, 45 in a group layoff, and a waiver signed under a shorter deadline can be invalid. If you're under 40, no federal window applies and the deadline in your packet may be real, so confirm it in writing and ask for more time if you need it. Use whatever window you have to read the release terms, especially non-disparagement and no-lawsuit clauses, and don't stall past a real deadline, because offers can be withdrawn.
Can I collect unemployment if I got severance from NetApp?
Usually yes, though some states delay benefits until severance pay periods end, and lump sums are treated differently than salary continuation. Check your state's rules on our state benefit pages, and file immediately either way so your claim date is locked in.