Red Hat reviews

If you're not an engineer with a passion for open source Red Hat is not unlike any other company. The same office politics, the same backstabbing, the same people in positions that should not be there but were in the right place at the right time. They say the right things but in fact don't follow them. After listening to fellow workers I'm convinced the ballot box gets stuffed by a certain few departments when it comes time for these "Best Places to Work" lists come out.

Reality does not line up with what executives will pitch. For example, using the Open Decision Framework - reality, not used often or as often as it should or by all teams. Executives will use the "ask for forgiveness rather than permission or input" approach instead of the ODF for decisions that may be unpopular. The concept of the Red Hat culture and openness seems to vary by team, managers in some groups struggle to communicate with their peers in other groups. The company wastes a ton of money on duplicate tools for the sake of appeasement.