Hit goals with flying colors and laid off - Recruiter Red Hat Employee Review

2.0
26 Jul 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Intelligent, friendly team mates. We supported each other and worked harder than most other teams.

Cons

The Recruiting executives will and had set unrealistically high goals. My whole team crushed them - we did so well! Then, we are laid off for hitting those goals and "hired too fast." Red Hat gave us starry eyes and hope for a long term career. Instead we were faced with lies and punished for the mistakes by our leaders. Not one of them was let go, mind you. I hear Sales isn't doing so well now either, as they are being faced with unrealistic goal setting. The whole place is a disaster.

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