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      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

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      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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      3.0
      Apr 3, 2018

      Decent place to work, but overreliance on nebulous "culture"

      Quality engineer
      Recommend
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      Pros

      - Work from home (work remotely)

      Cons

      - Starting PTO time is below average and only 3 extra days every 5 years. - Poor compensation compared to other tech companies - Culture is poorly defined, and they dont always follow it

      5.0
      Nov 11, 2017

      The world's foremost open source company

      Senior software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Red Hat is an enterprise software vendor unique for its commitment to open source software, employing many experts across foundational technologies. It's incredibly common to meet engineers who are brilliant yet humble, "I work on (the Linux kernel/GNOME/glibc), no big deal" that it's easy to forget that most companies don't have this level of talent. This is frequently because the best engineers are so dedicated to open source that they wouldn't consider working for anyone less committed than Red Hat. Engineers are given wide latitude to work with the community and write high-quality code, even if it takes a long time. Depending on your role and responsibilities, working hours are flexible and remote work is common, which is an ideal situation if you have young children. Associates are encouraged to provide feedback on company-wide mailing lists and the subscription business model leads to predictable revenues and therefore consistent profit-sharing bonuses.

      Cons

      If you're not in one of the major offices like Raleigh, you can expect to be sidelined to some extent, unless you're in a role that includes travel to HQ regularly. I don't think this is intentional; just the usual "out of sight, out of mind" situation. In many ways, working at Red Hat is like being at a non-profit: strong mission (devotion to open source), less stress than other companies, diverse workforce, but lower compensation than industry peers. The projects that Red Hat initiates are usually poorly-managed and chronically underfunded, so they are usually quietly discontinued after some time. Red Hat works best when contributing to projects that other companies are leading, such as Kubernetes and Docker, but that limits growth opportunities and reduces the value proposition of its products. Despite the talk of transparency and openness, many leaders simply don't want to hear dissenting opinions (hey, it's human nature), so encouraging open dialog often results in employees unknowingly stunting their own career development by speaking out.

      3.0
      Sep 28, 2017

      Boomerang is Best

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Great place to learn when you're young, fresh out of college

      Cons

      Need to leave and return to bump up the pay and seniority

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