Great place to work on the way to retirement - Software Engineer Red Hat Employee Review

1.0
27 Dec 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Low stress, easy work, most of the day's work can be completed in two hours. Above average work-life balance.

Cons

Work is boring and unchallenging. Twenty percent of the people are doing 80% of the work. The culture creates a workplace where some people use personal reasons as to why they cannot get work done, and you can't make people do any work because of the 'culture.' People complain that the salary isn't in line with other tech companies, but the salary is actually high for the amount of work being done. Promotions are based on who you know versus the work that you do.

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Cons

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3.0
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Pros

Extremely talented and motivated people Great product and ecosystem around Kubernetes

Cons

Bluewashing is real. After 4 years past acquisition it is not Open Decision company anymore. There is no clear communication about the direction where the company goes, some departments were moved to IBM without clear explanation why. Promotion process that was clear before is gone, and now your salary increase or promotion are directly depend on your relationship with the manager and not from your contribution to the team or the product.

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