Is Red Hat a good company to work for?

Red Hat has an overall rating of 4.1 out of 5, based on over 5,792 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 80% 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?

80% 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 820 reviews)); "workers are great people and good to work with on a daily basis." ((in 444 reviews)); "Good benefit and beyond market pay" ((in 221 reviews)); "Work culture is good and supportive" ((in 138 reviews)); "Really enjoyed working at Red Hat due to the collaboration and great colleagues." ((in 124 reviews))

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

"low salaries and lack of office" ((in 185 reviews)); "Poor management (depends on your team/manager)" ((in 156 reviews)); "the only drawback is that the quality of management isn't universally vetted and a bad manager can ruin your experience" ((in 97 reviews)); "Senior leadership for the most part is inexperienced in their roles." ((in 70 reviews)); "Low compensation compared to compititors" ((in 56 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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Red Hat reviews

4.1

80% would recommend to a friend

(4,745 total reviews)

Matt Hicks

76% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

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 4,745 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

Nov 30, 2023

Dump out the koolaid - its over

Solutions architect

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Smart engineers, products are solid, its an easy job

Cons

Red Hat always had a weird kool-aid culture, but when things were flying high it was never addressed. When interest rates spiked it all came crashing down. In parallel to that the sales culture had become less about solving problems and being a trusted advisor and more douche-bag bro culture where sales guys delude themselves into thinking their powerpoints make them CTOs. After interest rates spiked, the resistance crumbled and now its full on sales bro culture and depression.

3.0

May 1, 2023

Used to be great, but IBM is stripping it of what it means to be open source

Community manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

I loved the creativity, open innovation, work-life balance, and anonymity that I had at Red Hat

Cons

My entire team (and many others) was suddenly laid off with no exact reasoning other than we were no longer aligning with Red Hat. I didn’t agree with it. One of my team members had just celebrated his 20th anniversary with Red Hat. Another influential Red Hatter, active in the Fedora and RHEL community and a well known DE+I community stakeholder was laid off. These firings are not aligned at all with open source and what it means to be open source. Red Hatter is becoming IBM.

1.0

Dec 13, 2021

Politically charged and agenda-driven company

Marketing

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Some of the best and brightest people you could ever work with are at Red Hat. Middle management does an amazing job at recognizing hard work and rewording it - my work at Red Hat was some of the best in my career and I loved it.

Cons

They claim to be an open culture that values diversity of thought (which they used to be), but Red Hat is now the most politically charged and agenda-driven company that I have ever worked for. It is all coming from executive leadership. It is almost like selling software or taking care of their customers is the last thing on their mind because they are only focused on pushing a progressive agenda.

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