Worst place to work for… - Anonymous employee Red Hat Employee Review

1.0
22 Nov 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

I need to think hard for it...........Brand Value.

Cons

This place is certainly not for people who are ambitious or people who do not want to be treated as a doormat and wants to grow in their career. I am not sure whether I should blame the organization or the team but I will definitely not recommend anyone to join this organization, especially to people who need to relocate. The managers, senior managers and existing team members are deeply involved in politics who are 24X7 preparing a recipe to make this place toxic. The funniest part is that the newly born so-called “people managers” are always scared of their own team as the team members have better technical skills to deliver their work, that too without any guidance from their managers and this basically puts a big question mark on the existence of these people managers as they are left with the task like leave approvals, performance review (sometimes without even knowing what their associates actually does), introducing carrot and stick policies within the team, unethical practices etc. An ultimate “manager’s boot licking” skills are required for surviving, promotion, bonus etc.

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