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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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      4.0
      Jun 22, 2012

      Good (but could be great) place to work.

      Engineering manager
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      Pros

      Red Hat's open source culture creates a climate where associates' opinions are heard and people are encouraged to participate in decision making. In general, the staff at Red Hat is extremely bright and competant. Red Hat's management is supportive and respectful and they encourage an excellent work-life balance.

      Cons

      Red Hat's compensation and benefits package is not competitive with other high tech companies (at least in the Boston area, which is where I work). Associates are expected to "work for less" to have the privlege of working for the open source leader. There are many open source advocates who are willing to work for less, but this attitude will deter many excellent potential staff members from considering Red Hat. Red Hat is also experiencing some growing pains with respect to processes and tools. Processes are extremely complex,. As we grow, these processes and tools will not scale. More streamlined processes need to be instituted to allow Red Hat to grow successfully. Thereis too much red tape and management approvals to be flexible and efficient.

      3.0
      Jun 13, 2024

      Started as 5 Stars, now a 3 or 2...

      Principal software engineer
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      Pros

      The biggest reason I have stayed at Red Hat is advancing my career (in responsibility and pay), but it has come with so many challenges in every possible way. This can be a good thing if you can overcome them, really bad if it's the larger culture environment and not much you can do to change the politics of the company. I have grown a ton at Red Hat, but not in all the areas that I might have wanted to based on leadership decisions and constant change on priorities almost every day. However, my direct manager is the main reason I have stayed at Red Hat. Being listened to and trying to implement change where we can on our team is appreciated, at least trying to.

      Cons

      Having upper management above you that does not understand what it takes to do the job they are asking you to do, top down management on roadmap with sometimes literally no input from the developers or analysts that have to do the work and just pushing them to get it done is not the scrum or even Red Hat way. It feels as if we have become extremely top down with so many mandates of work. The Chiefs Officers will say it's not real, we can push back - gently - but it is real. Everyone feels it and it is getting exhausted. If the job keeps changing so much to many more roles and responsibilities with no additional pay or promotions, you are just pushing people out the door. What is the difference between starting a new job? It is all new and possibly higher pay. Things did not used to be this way at Red Hat and I am personally struggling with it.

      1.0
      Dec 14, 2023

      Red Hat has been bluewashed

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Smart people - wonderful colleagues

      Cons

      The company has gone downhill since the IBM acquisition, specifically after the original executive team left. Red Hat is now just a “business unit”. They’re not even pretending to hold RHT apart as a separate company anymore. The only goal is to generate as much profit for IBM as possible. All of the thought and industry leadership that Red Hat provided for the open source community is gone. Red Hat is a dying culture. It’s sad to watch.

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