Meritocracy - Anonymous employee Red Hat Employee Review

3.0
25 Oct 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

At a high-level Red Hat is a great company. It's built on a solid technology foundation, it's growing, and at its size, opportunities to work in different parts of the business exist.

Cons

Strong consistent leadership throughout the organization is lacking. Pockets do exist however they are small. A significant degree of political gamesmanship is prevalent which slows decision making and execution.

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