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4.1

80% would recommend to a friend

(4,742 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 4,742 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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3.0
Sep 21, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

High paced sales environment that is challenging. Named brand recgonition and with growing market share Competitive Salary Growing partner base Motivated sales reps

Cons

Mid Management has little to no power and cannot make any real decisions Management's perceptions usually do not equate to reality although that is what our fearless leader seems to instill in his mid management. Promotions are rare and our commission structure is cleverly designed to allow you to make less money that what you actually sell.(single year bookings????) It's a joke. Poor benefits package Less flexibilty than other companies seem to have. Favoratism runs high in this department but I guess that's the same everywhere you go. However, some of the awards and promoitions are OBVIOUS products of favoritism and it seems if you want to get any where you have to kiss up hardcore, be a navy alumi, or come from IBM.

4.0
Sep 9, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- intelligent colleagues who are passionate about open source - friendly and open work environment (work from home, casual dress, free snacks, etc.) - the ability to freely speak your mind without any repercussions - brand recognition and growth opportunities in the marketplace - job security (no large scale layoffs, ever)

Cons

- no Chief Marketing Officer = no clear corporate marketing strategy and silo'd activities within business units - behind the times in marketing best practices and ability to execute - the open culture of asking for input from everyone on everything slows down the decision making process - benefits are expensive and health coverage is not very good - need better tools to get work done - certain departments have a lot of power over corporate decisions (the People Team, a/k/a HR, is one of them)

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