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      4.1

      81% 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
      Jul 5, 2014

      Political

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Good benefits, hard working colleagues and autonomy

      Cons

      Politics. The company (at least back office functions) is full of back biting politics between and within departments. Everyone is afraid of losing power and fights for position. A lot of smoke and mirrors without much truth to employees or higher management. Many in leadership are checked out and are more concerned about positioning themselves outside of Red Hat instead of focusing on what needs to be done within their departments. Also, lip service is paid to growth and moving within the company but for many in back office functions, to move is almost impossible because managers will limit your mobility to not lose the headcount number. Collaboration, trust and transparency are buzzwords that are not lived out in practice at Red Hat.

      1.0
      Jul 21, 2025

      Decline of a once competent company

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Working with and supporting open-source software

      Cons

      RH has picked up all the bad habits of it's parent company IBM. They're building up way too many layers of useless middle-management, They claim to be supportive of developing your areas of interest, but in reality they have their own idea of the job they want to shove you into, and will make every effort to dissuade and block you from migrating to an area you want to move towards. Unrealistic ideas of what direction you should be working in, especially if it contradicts the areas you would want to move into. Actively tries to block, undermine and ban any projects that don't fit their narrow world view.

      3.0
      Mar 13, 2024

      Great place to work. Is that changing??

      It architect
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      Pros

      Great compensation. Great opportunity to work on amazing projects. Functions/acts like a small company. Willing to take risks! It is a fun place! Redhat has a very open culture, and has great people!!

      Cons

      Functions/acts like an overwhelmed small company. All of the internal teams are siloed & unwilling to work cross-team. This creates internal conflicts & too many meetings! Redhat is under tremendous pressure from IBM, which is affecting everything.

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