Reality v. The Executive Pitch - Anonymous employee Red Hat Employee Review

3.0
24 Feb 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great technology and a lot of very smart people. Flexible and most teams are very open to working remote.

Cons

Reality does not line up with what executives will pitch. For example, using the Open Decision Framework - reality, not used often or as often as it should or by all teams. Executives will use the "ask for forgiveness rather than permission or input" approach instead of the ODF for decisions that may be unpopular. The concept of the Red Hat culture and openness seems to vary by team, managers in some groups struggle to communicate with their peers in other groups. The company wastes a ton of money on duplicate tools for the sake of appeasement.

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