Red Hat reviews

Red Hat is a meritocracy. If you put in the hours, do good work, always work to improve your skillset and advocate for yourself, you will find success. I hired in as a Consultant with no tech degree (self taught Java). Through hard work and advocating for myself, I made it to Consulting Architect in 6 years. Others have done it much faster. Even though the company has become more corporate as it has grown, there is still a Wild West sense to some of the divisions (I've worked in 3 different divisions over 10 years). With that chaos lies opportunity, but also unease if you desire more structure. Be cognizant of this when hiring into a division. If the division culture is too staid or not startup-y enough, transfers are usually allowed. I very much enjoy working with other people at Red Hat. Even though we come from a relatively diverse set of backgrounds (by tech's standards), we all have common ground in the work we do and the culture of the company. If you are passionate about something tangentially related to your work, you are encouraged to pursue that. Whether that be building a rack, writing bootstrapping code or working on open source projects, Red Hat rewards go-getters.

Much of this is specific to my role with my leadership, so these might not be true for all roles like it. - Remote work, flexibility with time - Opportunities for on-the-job-learning - Solid benefits package - Working with open source technologies day-to-day - Friendly and supportive coworkers