fractured hierarchy, fuzzy vision - Software Engineer Red Hat Employee Review

2.0
29 Sept 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Commitment to the larger software community, freedom to define your role

Cons

Red Hat is losing sight of their actual useful products as they attempt to grow as a company, and part of the attempts to shift some expensive also-rans to the forefront has been an amount of chaos in management. Also the recruiters will just straight up lie to you about benefits; get everything in writing.

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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
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Pros

- Good team culture and work-life balance if you have the right management chain - Remote work if you're not close to an office - Leadership transparency and willingness to hear feedback

Cons

- Constant re-orgs without strategy are destabilizing - Manager pool is very mixed in terms of experience and skill - Poor role definition can lead to surprises at quarterly review time - Layoffs/reductions have had a chilling effect - Lower salaries compared to competitors

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