Interesting work, disappointing practices - Anonymous employee Red Hat Employee Review

2.0
1 Oct 2022
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Red Hat is like a choose your own adventure and you can contribute to mostly anything you’re passionate about. Very talented associates in just about every department

Cons

Red Hat can be a choose your own adventure - if you’re looking for structure and enterprise practices, look elsewhere. Pay, promotion, salary bumps are all lagging and the company is not taking steps to close the gap for current employees Change is the default - there always seems to be a state of flux - this creates a buzz but also furthers the feeling that “IBM is doing this to us.”

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