Great organisation that has kind of lost its way - Anonymous employee Red Hat Employee Review

3.0
Oct 12, 2012
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The people are some of the smartest and most motivated in the industry. Passionate and brilliant.

Cons

Unfortunately the type of people I mention above are gradually been overtaken by beuraocrats and generally people who just don't understand open-source and what it means. Also, the management generally ranges from average to awful. There are some great managers there, but they're few and far between.

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Cons

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