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      4.1

      81% would recommend to a friend

      (4,757 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 4,757 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
      Mar 25, 2021

      sdf

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      some really great people work here

      Cons

      some really poor people still riding the train from being in the right place at the right time 10 + years ago, and they have no clue how to lead.

      5.0
      Feb 10, 2021

      Excellent Company

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      The employee benefits, workplace culture, and innovative atmosphere makes Red Hat an incredible place to work.

      Cons

      The influx of corporate emails and meetings can be overwhelming. Be prepared to balance the work and stay up to speed with all of the changes taking place across the organization.

      4.0
      Jan 14, 2021

      GREAT opportunities for growth, but stretched a bit thin

      Principal software engineer
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      Pros

      I've been able to pursue the work that seemed most important to me during my tenure at Red Hat, even to the extent that I was part of starting a new build service and then, later, starting a new team to help with it. Red Hat offers the chance to solve problems in the ways that seem best to our team, and has a huge well of talent and experience to draw on for advice. Red Hat also doesn't (officially) demand that you spend a lot of time doing off-hours work, though the needs of communication in globally distributed teams often makes this much more ambiguous.

      Cons

      Infrastructure and team efficiency support is not always the best. You can pursue the solutions you think best, but the downside is that you might have to support it yourself. Our organization has been a bit reluctant to adopt some more modern practices, such as SRE and service observability. You are in charge of your own education and training, in order to implement solutions to your problems. Although Red Hat does offer a wide array of training courses, finding time to take them can be quite challenging. Finally, global distribution of engineering teams has taken a large toll with some teams, in terms of finding a sustainable work-life balance (you simply cannot factor out timezones).

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