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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4.0
Aug 20, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

As a consultant, you receive decent quarterly bonuses, great stock grants, and your cell phone bill is reimbursed. You can take Red Hat training courses and certification exams for free if you can get a break from your normal job duties to take them. You get to work at a lot of different places, work with really smart and experienced people, and learn new things constantly. I never feel under-challenged.

Cons

The salary could be better, but it's offset with bonuses and perks. As a consultant, you may have to travel a lot, but this is something I personally enjoy. While you learn new things every day, it can also make you feel like a newbie every time you go on a new project because there is always endless new things to learn. You get placed in some very high pressure situations which can be stressful at times. Promotions can be rather difficult unless you are an absolute rockstar.

5.0
Aug 19, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

People are passionate, committed, and capable. "Dead Weight" is rare on a team. Most teams are flexible and allow you to maintain an excellent work/life balance.

Cons

- While the technology used is often new and interesting, the problems being solved tend to be dry and uninteresting. - Development teams have little input about customer requirements/needs - There is a large gap of missing information from people in the field versus those designing/building products. - Some teams become process heavy and seem to over complicate the work they are doing. - Red Hatters tend to be a different sort of people, they are more vocal on what they like/dislike on mailing lists with several sounding "whiny" at times. - Company is growing and losing the 'startup' feel

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