Red Hat Senior Program Manager, Technology reviews

Since transitioning leadership last year, things have been in a downward spiral. Latest CEO Matt Hicks tries to be relatable but pales in comparison to previous CEO Paul Cormier and ends up sounding condescending, shutting down the touted “open” culture, and now gutting sections of the company with layoffs targeting program management (which he labeled “admin” and devalued as middlemen alone) and those working on open source projects—including the entirety of the opensource.com team. It’s become apparent the bottom line and advancing into cloud services is now more important than associate well-being, and we’re supposed to “work smarter,” “simplify,” and “focus on what we can do for the company.” Meanwhile, trust in leadership is lost and psychological safety is at an all time low.

Company politics is growing with tightening of resources, new people not being inducted properly