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      4.1

      81% would recommend to a friend

      (4,762 total reviews)
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      Matt Hicks

      76% approve of CEO

      68% positive business outlook

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      4.2

      Culture & values

      4.2

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.2

      Work/Life balance

      3.9

      Compensation and benefits

      3.8

      Career opportunities

      3.5

      Senior management

      Red Hat has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 4,762 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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      5K reviews
      4.0
      Mar 18, 2009

      Great work environment, almost an ideal software development job.

      Software engineer
      Recommend
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      Pros

      The work environment is great, people are passionate and care. On top of that the level of competency is high for employees. The company respects employees personal time and projects are managed well, it's rare that something will require working very late or on weekends. Working here it's easy to have a good life/work balance.

      Cons

      Problems are not overly interesting, large portion of work is maintenance related, so you will spend a significant portion of time doing bug fixes instead of developing new code. Compensation is lower than I have seen at other companies.

      5.0
      May 10, 2008

      Even with the challenges of a growing company, Red Hat is *hands down* the best place I've ever worked.

      Solutions architect
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      I love the fact that even though we are a publicly traded, for profit company, we do pretty much all of our software development in and for the Free/Open Source community. We contribute everything back to the community. Everyone benefits. Even our "competitors" have access to our work, but that's not the point. We spread our wealth to the rest of the world so that even the least wealthy parts of the world have access to the latest technology. We have contributed to numerous projects like One Laptop per Child at a loss just so that we can be good citizens. I am not just allowed but encouraged to do community work like presentations, papers and documentation. I love it here.

      Cons

      We are so over-tasked. Every day feels like drinking from a fire hose, and it seems that every time I ask another team about their timelines or projects I hear that they are short handed.

      4.0
      Apr 28, 2008

      take charge, become a leader, work here.

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      My work is my own. Being an open source company, I'm able to sign my name to the work I do. It lets me shows my peers and other potential employers the work I am capable of doing. No need for secrecy here.

      Cons

      Growing pains. As a company red Hats business has grown far faster than its business processes are built for. As such it can be difficult to get things done from a business perspective.

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