Lots of competing priorities, empire-building - Senior Product Manager Red Hat Employee Review

4.0
Aug 22, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Very progressive benefits. Household name (in tech). Opportunities to participate in interesting projects

Cons

Managers are too busy. Way too many meetings, making any scheduling impossible. I was let go after a PIP from a new manager. Laid out expectations in PIP, and (according to GDocs) not one of the work products was ever viewed by manager, two weekly 1:1 no-shows in the 30 days, and did not respond to one chat or slack message. "We reviewed the PIP deliverables and your performance is not satisfactory".

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Pros

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Cons

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