Not the same company I joined - Anonymous employee Red Hat Employee Review

1.0
Jun 15, 2023
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Cutting-edge technology, there are some great people

Cons

When the current Chief People Officer joined Red Hat, the company changed. She brought her chosen few from Cisco who do not understand what Red Hat is and the culture that has existed for over 20 years. While I understand the need to scale, these individuals from Cisco have ruined the company I grew to love. There is no more open culture, the people in leadership roles have not taken the training such as "Right for Red Hat" that is made to exemplify open culture and what it means to be a Red Hatter. Under current leadership, the great culture of Red Hat will continue to be absorbed into IBM until Red Hat is unidentifiable and an even uglier culture than it is today.

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