Is Red Hat a good company to work for?

Red Hat has an overall rating of 4.1 out of 5, based on over 5,814 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months. 81% of employees would recommend working at Red Hat to a friend and 69% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Red Hat have been left by employees working as Inside Sales Representative , Market Development Representative and Software Engineering Intern .

Does Red Hat pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Red Hat employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.9 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Red Hat. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Red Hat?

81% of Red Hat employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Red Hat 4.3 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.2 for culture and values and 3.8 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Red Hat?

Software Engineer (355) , Senior Software Engineer (256) , Technical Support Engineer (107) , Principal Software Engineer (88) , Solutions Architect (88) , Intern (84) , Senior Consultant (84) , Consultant (81) , Associate Software Engineer (71) , Manager (71) , Account Executive (59) , Project Manager (55) , Sales (55) , Account Manager (53) , Inside Sales Representative (51)

What are the pros of working at Red Hat according to real employee reviews?

"Red Hat has a great culture as you would expect from a company that founded it's roots in open source." ((in 828 reviews)); "workers are great people and good to work with on a daily basis." ((in 451 reviews)); "Good work life balance and brand name" ((in 347 reviews)); "Good benefit and beyond market pay" ((in 220 reviews)); "relaxed and good work culture" ((in 139 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Red Hat according to real employee reviews?

"low salaries and lack of office" ((in 184 reviews)); "Poor management (depends on your team/manager)" ((in 161 reviews)); "the only drawback is that the quality of management isn't universally vetted and a bad manager can ruin your experience" ((in 100 reviews)); "Senior leadership for the most part is inexperienced in their roles." ((in 65 reviews)); "Overall low compensation compared to similar roles in other companies" ((in 61 reviews))

What are employees saying about Red Hat layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Red Hat layoffs and their outlook for job security at Red Hat in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Red Hat locations?

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4.1

81% would recommend to a friend

(4,763 total reviews)

Matt Hicks

77% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

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4.3

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4.2

Culture & values

4.2

Diversity & inclusion

3.9

Compensation and benefits

3.8

Career opportunities

3.5

Senior management

Red Hat has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 4,763 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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1.0

Jan 20, 2017

Red Hat is best but GBD vertical is political platform

Maharashtra

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Good learnings. Freedom. Limited opportunities. Work from home culture

Cons

Bad management. GBD vertical is kind of BPO. Managers like buttering. They dont know about business processes even after that they arw driving department. Departmental politics is increasing day by day. They always ignore talent of good people. Managers are bluff masters. One guy now days he is senior manager bvoz he is favorite of director. WOW what a great political platform. Thats y we 3 people leaving company.

3.0

Jan 20, 2017

Amazing work culture

Software maintenance engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Redhat is a work place that embraces open and collaborative culture. I was there for few months only but those few months were incredible. I left RedHat because I wanted to go back to school. They have a lot of smart people with genuine interest in open source eco system and in solving problems. Management tries(not enough though, see below) to provide you with necessary tools to learn and grow. The collaboration approach is so evident that not even once I felt any peer pressure; we were all trying to solve problems with help from each other and from above :) Lot of munchies and cola also helped. overall a very nice place to be.

Cons

sometimes I had to juggle qite a lot between tasks and I felt that it negatively impacted the skill set and domain expertise. Also as a programmer, I wished I was doing lot more coding than I was, which was probably just 10% of my time.

4.0

Jan 19, 2017

great company growing too fast

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

good relationships and company culture

Cons

middle management doesn't respect main values of company culture lack of communication between teams

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