Initiatives and projects are corporate driven - Anonymous employee Red Hat Employee Review

4.0
Jul 26, 2011
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- cool people, people who are willing to share knowledge and information - flexibility in giving suggestions and recommendations (but does not mean all will be considered) - Additional days off for employees as company holidays - Stock options given at a fixed % each year

Cons

- Many initiatives and projects are corporate driven - Lack of processes - Plenty of manual workaround required - Have to deal with inefficient systems and applications - Lack of business planning

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Cons

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