Great open-source culture, smart people, approachable management. - Anonymous employee Red Hat Employee Review

5.0
13 Sept 2012
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

1. Open-source culture promotes a lot of collaboration and transparency of other projects. There is always someone to listen to your ideas and discuss with you. If you want to be involved in something, just ask! 2. Working with smart people makes you smarter! Higher effective conversations, many great ideas flowing around. It really gets you thinking outside of the box. 3. Management including our executives are all very approachable and down to earth. If you have an issue, or just want to chat, they will almost always have time for you!

Cons

Cons really depend on your individual team's dynamic and what group you are with. So it's hard to say.

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5.0
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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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