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      4.1

      80% would recommend to a friend

      (4,750 total reviews)
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      Matt Hicks

      76% approve of CEO

      68% positive business outlook

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      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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      1.0
      Oct 8, 2013

      Looks better from the outside

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Good compensation. Benefits are good. They invest in training people which is better than the industry norm.

      Cons

      Poor sales management. Lack of vision to grow company. It's a political albatross, make sure you kiss ass to management or there will be repercussions. RH looks for followers, not leaders. Sales management is the classic, 'Emperor wearing no clothes'....best to collect your (very well compensated) paycheck than try to make positive changes. Long term future is very dim once the maintenance renewals start slowing down.

      3.0
      Oct 7, 2013

      Lots of opportunity to work on open source, poorly run internal projects and products.

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Red Hat is committed to open source development and if you want to work in that environment and not have a company hassle you about participating in the open source community, Red Hat is good.

      Cons

      Very weak regional office representation. Weak brand identity in the software industry. Confusion among customers about what Red Hat does (Linux? JBoss? Something with Cloud?). Little to no recognition for significant project contributions. Low pay for the industry and very low raises. No guidance for career path and impossible internal mobility.

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