Downfall of a great company - Sales Representative Red Hat Employee Review

3.0
Oct 31, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great colleagues Good Work/Life Balance Free coffee, fruit and snacks.

Cons

Internal bureaucracy. Nowadays there are "hundreds" of Project Managers in Sales Ops who are changing processes/rules monthly and adding more "layers" in order to justify their roles. (e.g. the new quoting tool is a joke!). Red Hat Culture & Values are disappearing quickly. People (or better management) say that" Red Hat is still Red Hat" after the IBM takeover. However everybody knows that this is not true as IBM is already stepping over Red Hat. My 2 cents that in 2 years Red Hat will be full blue.

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