Red Hat reviews

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

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
Dec 13, 2016

Outstanding colleges, disapointing benifiits.

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Pros

You will work with the best of the best. Red Hat employs THE though leaders in Open Source and you won't find a group of more talented people anywhere else. If you want to work with the best this is where they are. Also, ethics are a priority from top down. Every company meeting I've attended where some other company did something questionable in the last quarter it was a priority of top management in the meeting to drive home the point that similar mistakes will not be tolerated and ethics must be foremost in all actions.

Cons

Benefits. They are clearly structured to be just good enough to keep people from leaving. This is surprising considering Red Hat's primary (only?) asset is the intelligence, skill and ability of the employees. To my mind benefits should be a priority for the company but come out to be barely average. This sadly seems to be by design because they understand the main motivation for new employees is to work with the most talented individuals in the industry. Before joining the company I personally sponsored may Red Hat employees to join my previous employer because the benefits were among the best in the industry.

4.0
Nov 12, 2016
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Pros

Endless opportunities for a innovative worker because of open environment. Very good work life balance. Sometimes manager act as a jerk, but not at the same extent of other KPo or captive units. Very good on-site colleagues. Continuous learning and development.

Cons

Very limited on-site opportunities. New CFO putting a lot of pressure on Money. Even employees salaries revision is delayed.

4.0
Sep 3, 2016

Best company I've ever worked for!

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Small company mentality, fast-paced environment, good people, mostly good management, good CEO and C-level execs. If you want to get into a company, use the meritocracy to its max and move around within the company, this is a great place to be. Absolute best work/life balance, ever.

Cons

Small company mentality, fast-paced environment (yes, it cuts both ways). While management of workers is left up to some good people, upper management in some business units don't work with foresight or transparency. Recent cost-cutting measures in order to grow the business more quickly are short-sighted, and will probably lead to its demise. Also, the "meritocracy" pretty much ends with the corporate HQ. In remote offices where there is no management structure, there is nowhere to go, depending on the group.

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