Red Hat reviews

4.1

81% would recommend to a friend

(4,750 total reviews)
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Matt Hicks

76% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

Red Hat has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 4,750 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Red Hat employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

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3.0
May 20, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

I had terrific relationships with all roles, across all of my product teams -- product management, program management, engineering. There are a lot of different technologies, each with their own culture quirks and technology focus, so you can find a niche that matches your strengths.

Cons

Content services (documentation) management is across the board terrible. The director and several managers have no experience in documentation at all, which leads to a ton of quality and team management issues. Additionally, not a single manager has any real people management experience, which has created problems with low-performing employees, retaining (and recognizing) high quality employees, and recruiting, hiring, and training. This creates an atmosphere were senior writers, particularly, are overworked and stressed, and the doc team has a poor reputation with other groups. I would strongly discourage anyone from working in the documentation group, in pretty much any capacity.

2.0
Nov 23, 2015

"Nice Resume"

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Having Red Hat on your job resume.

Cons

The management especially within IT are so out of touch with their employees. They pretend to care about development with things like "Compass", but nothing ever comes from it. In fact, the managers just push through it for HR. Expect to keep the pay you get when you first start. There aren't a lot of opportunities for advancement and most of IT will throw you under the bus to make themselves look better. The CEO is also out of touch.

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