Linaro Reviews

Management either doesn't have a plan or doesn't share it. Lied for years about being a non-profit when they were not. Membership model is unsustainable leading to concern and paranoia about the health of the business amongst the rank and file. CEO only seems to care about whatever pet project is being run by him, which changes annually. Zero career progression. Engineering roles are a job, not a career. Mgmt/director track seems very separate from engineering track. Prefer to fill new director and senior mgmt positions with outside hires. For an all-remote company, does not try to foster "watercooler" talk or other social necessities. Co-workers need a way to socialize outside of the context of code review or status update meetings. A #random Slack channel or really anything with emojis would be a good start.

1. No career progression. One can be a kernel hacker for 5 years (which some want) but that more and more work with no increase in profile and pay 2. No clear business and service plan. Collaboration is not a correct word its more of service for which members have to join Linaro (like a club) and pay money for the privilege. Some other reviews point to this as well. But this is not sustainable as the recent financial difficulties have proved 4. Mass layoff and reduction recently.