Red Hat reviews

4.1

80% would recommend to a friend

(4,748 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 4,748 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
Jul 20, 2022

Open culture, except when it isn't

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Pros

Great work/life balance Decent benefits There are some genuine, caring, talented, inspirational people there. Sometimes you're lucky enough to work with some of them.

Cons

You have to leave the company to get a raise or promotion, and then come back at a higher level. This is so common that they even have a name for it. Despite upper management's insistence to the contrary, pay is lower than it is for comparable positions elsewhere in tech. Upper management's response to the rise in the cost of living: "We're looking into it." Terrible managers with good employees end up getting promoted, but the employees end up leaving. Great lip service given to addressing burnout and well-being, but it's on the employee to just snap out of it and get back to work. Promotions are decided by a group of managers that rank their direct reports top to bottom, and if you ever gave any of them a dirty look at any point in your career, expect to never get promoted.

2.0
Jan 25, 2022

Low pay, lack of diversity

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Pros

Red Hat offers a great opportunity to learn and grow alongside some talented people who genuinely care.

Cons

In non-engineering roles, expect your pay to be well below market rate. Banking on moving up the ladder in order to make up for the low starting salary? Good luck! There’s little to no transparency around career advancement, so you’ll never know how close (or far) you are from that elusive promotion. Diversity, equity, and inclusion are just a few of the hottest buzzwords at Red Hat right now. Management preaches of their importance, and yet if you look around you’ll notice that a lot of teams have none of those characteristics. This is especially true the higher you go in the company hierarchy.

1.0
Jul 10, 2021
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Pros

If you are an engineer wanting to work on projects which have no basis in market analysis, the Red Hat is for you.

Cons

Completely engineering run company, with no clue for how they will sell their products. The executive team lacks the ability to connect the product to customers who will actually buy.

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