Red Hat reviews

4.1

81% would recommend to a friend

(4,752 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 4,752 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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5.0
Dec 27, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Excellent atmosphere. Red Hat is a large company but still seems to retain some of the smaller start-up culture it started out with. If you come to RHT don't expect handouts or to be led along, it's a company for driven individuals where great communication skills and resourcefulness are rewarded.

Cons

As the company grows it's attracting individuals who aren't exactly the right-fit. As a result the culture is being negatively affected. There's also some pay issues. The market rate for roles is completely out of alignment with some of the people who've been around at RHT for a number of years and have ascended within the company. This results in the attrition of people who are offered a significant increase in their current salary to move elsewhere. These are key people at RHT and losing them costs the company more than the difference in their current salary to the market rate.

4.0
Dec 21, 2015

Awesome Culture

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great culture, knowledgable people, great technology challenges.

Cons

Fast pace often leads to confusion but that's just the nature of the industry.

3.0
Dec 19, 2015

Not the Open Source company you think

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good co-workers. Somewhat competitive compensation.High level of talent among developers and engineers. Active and engaged CEO.

Cons

Pro-open source and meritocracy more a marketing stunt than how projects are run and how people are recognized. Lots of politics especially among projects and business units. Lack of CTO means no long term strategic decision.

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