Open source company ruled by sales drones - Senior Technical Support Engineer Red Hat Employee Review

1.0
26 Feb 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- technical challenges - Many very talented staff - A lot of free software guys like yourself.

Cons

- No sales no good salary. - No sales little career path. - Average wages for technical staff. - Consulting, engineering and support are at the lower side of the chain. - Lots of unpaid overtime. As a consequence many of the very skilled people in europe who raise the company to the $1B have left demotivated and tired of it.

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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
4 May 2026
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Pros

- Good team culture and work-life balance if you have the right management chain - Remote work if you're not close to an office - Leadership transparency and willingness to hear feedback

Cons

- Constant re-orgs without strategy are destabilizing - Manager pool is very mixed in terms of experience and skill - Poor role definition can lead to surprises at quarterly review time - Layoffs/reductions have had a chilling effect - Lower salaries compared to competitors

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