Red Hat reviews

4.1

80% would recommend to a friend

(4,750 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 4,750 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
Nov 11, 2025

Great overall

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great perspectives of evolution within a few years

Cons

Could sometimes face a bit of stress when handling many clients at once

3.0
Nov 10, 2025

Good company but..

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good contrib to OSS Folks with good mindset

Cons

Management changed after acquisition by IBM. Cost reduction first priority.

5.0
Nov 10, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Red hat offers great opportunities for engineers at all levels allowing continuous learning and personal development while maintaining and open source first mindset.

Cons

Job titles often doesn't match the exact field that an engineer might be working at

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