UI designers be cautious - Interaction Designer Red Hat Employee Review

1.0
Mar 24, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Decent work life balance - Smart people - Flex schedule

Cons

- No communication, presence, transparency, support or direction from the senior management/leadership with the team. - Leadership is not evangelizing or bringing strategy for design, to grow design within the company. You will hit a wall quickly here. - Little opportunity for growth, advancement or creativity - Too much micromanagement and favoritism - Chaos and blame are rampant - Team work is not encouraged - Unethical behaviors are not properly addressed and are tolerated Don't buy their philosophy on being an open meritocracy, the group and company operate nothing close to that. The company culture is not what it was meant to be. Not only are they not open, they don't know how to operate in a productive hierarchal structure either. Lack of leadership, direction and actual management skills is prevalent. It's a very unsatisfying group to work in. Very disappointed because if the team was run well by senior management, this could have been an amazing place to work. If you are looking to really be part of a product, be appreciated for your work in a group that fully understands and appreciates user experience, beyond the pixels, you should keep looking.

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