Is Red Hat a good company to work for?

Red Hat has an overall rating of 4.1 out of 5, based on over 5,798 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 68% 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 4.2 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 (352) , Senior Software Engineer (255) , Technical Support Engineer (107) , Principal Software Engineer (88) , Solutions Architect (87) , Senior Consultant (84) , Intern (82) , 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 812 reviews)); "workers are great people and good to work with on a daily basis." ((in 445 reviews)); "Good work life balance and brand name" ((in 348 reviews)); "Good benefit and beyond market pay" ((in 206 reviews)); "Work culture is good and supportive" ((in 138 reviews))

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

"Low salaries comparing to other companies but the quarterly bonuses kind of make it tie." ((in 190 reviews)); "bad management" ((in 157 reviews)); "the only drawback is that the quality of management isn't universally vetted and a bad manager can ruin your experience" ((in 103 reviews)); "Senior leadership for the most part is inexperienced in their roles." ((in 66 reviews)); "Average or below average compensation" ((in 59 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

(4,750 total reviews)

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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5.0

Aug 19, 2016

Extremely friendly environment with couple of quick growth diseases.

People team

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CEO approval

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Pros

Employee- friendly, ambitious, original company based on innovative approach to doing IT business. Its opensource mission make it attractive for clever and extraordinary people globally. Excellent opportunities to learn, grow and have impact on the development of IT business.

Cons

Quick growth results in inner fight between being open community based organisation and standard US IT corporation with cemented internal structure and distant command-control center in the US... There is a threath that at some point the open organisation philosophy of the company will be turned to pure marketing.

3.0

Aug 15, 2016

Mixed bag at Red Hat Israel

Qa engineer

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CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Red Hat is a proven leader in the Open Source community, it attracts a lot of bright people from the Linux realm. There are some extremely talented people at Red Hat, and they will gladly share their knowledge with you. Certification courses and other training courses are readily available to all employees

Cons

Red Hat encourages hiring based on "friend brings a friend" policy. This works for the most part but when managers bring in friends that do a poor job, this creates issues for the other employees

4.0

Aug 2, 2016

Great company to work for

Anonymous employee

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CEO approval

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Sharing culture: promote teamwork. Very little politics, very down to earth approach, pragmatism and realism. Fast growing company but keeps respect for individual employees. Great work life balance. Great selection process brings excellent people onboard Great vision of the product leadership. Great internal education possibilities.

Cons

Internal processes are still a bit behind the pace the company is growing at.

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