Not what I expected... - Consultant Red Hat Employee Review

3.0
Oct 27, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Challenging. If you thrive, you stand to learn and grow much. - Awesome name on resume - Very smart co-workers

Cons

- Compensation. The amount of work being done, with the level that it is accomplished at, leaves the compensation below industry. - Travel - Work life balance. - At times, felt like staff augmentation. - Some frustrating coworkers. Culture of complete transparency can lead to lots of pedantic debates.

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Cons

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