Serious management breakdown - Software Maintenance Engineer Red Hat Employee Review

2.0
2 Aug 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

* Incredible culture * Truly a company with some of the smartest most talented people on earth * Great benefits

Cons

* Company doesn't really highlight career opportunities * Too many politics * The feeling of becoming a number * Often undervalued and under compensated, pay much less then competition * Can't go to senior management when you have problems with your manager, it's a "my way or the highway" philosophy.

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Pros

Extremely talented and motivated people Great product and ecosystem around Kubernetes

Cons

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