Not "Red Hat" - Anonymous employee Red Hat Employee Review

1.0
Apr 3, 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- work mostly in the open - social activities every once in a while - talented and engaged remote staff - plentiful parking spaces - coffee machine, snacks with breakfast once a week - nearby restaurant and shop within walking distance for lunch - lots of meeting rooms

Cons

- not Red Hat, still very much an isolated startup culture - over-reliance on open source tooling is a downfall and causes major time loss - outward local image seems more important than fixing problems internally - not enough seniors, all new hires are grads and interns and the experience gap is far too big and neither benefits - projects are mostly uninteresting and repetitive (don't get attached to your code) - open office environment is often very noisy - office divide - little emphasis on quality, quick-merge coding attitude with the same mistakes being made repeatedly - questionable practices and information hiding - ever increasing talent bleed makes department morale and office environment poor

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Pros

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Cons

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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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