Is Red Hat a good company to work for as a Software Developer?

Software Developer professionals working at Red Hat have rated their employer with 4.2 out of 5 stars in 350 Glassdoor reviews. This is a higher than average score with the overall rating of Red Hat employees being 4.1 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Developer Jobs at Red Hat now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Developer interview questions at Red Hat .

Does Red Hat pay Software Developer employees well?

Software Developer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Red Hat with 3.6 out of 5 stars based on 350 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 8% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Developer salaries at Red Hat.

How happy are Software Developer professionals working at Red Hat?

82% of Software Developer employees at Red Hat would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has decreased by 7% in the past 12 months. Software Developer professionals have also rated Red Hat with a 4.5 rating for work-life-balance, 4.3 rating for diversity and inclusion, 4.4 rating for culture and values and 3.9 rating for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Red Hat?

Software Engineer (354) , Senior Software Engineer (255) , Technical Support Engineer (107) , Principal Software Engineer (88) , Solutions Architect (88) , Intern (84) , Senior Consultant (84) , Consultant (81) , Associate Software Engineer (71) , Manager (71) , Account Executive (59) , Project Manager (55) , Sales (55) , Account Manager (53) , Inside Sales Representative (51)

What are the pros of working at Red Hat according to real employee reviews?

"Red Hat has a great culture as you would expect from a company that founded it's roots in open source." ((in 831 reviews)); "workers are great people and good to work with on a daily basis." ((in 446 reviews)); "Good work life balance and brand name" ((in 346 reviews)); "Good benefit and beyond market pay" ((in 219 reviews)); "Work culture is good and supportive" ((in 141 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Red Hat according to real employee reviews?

"low salaries and lack of office" ((in 183 reviews)); "Poor management (depends on your team/manager)" ((in 153 reviews)); "the only drawback is that the quality of management isn't universally vetted and a bad manager can ruin your experience" ((in 104 reviews)); "Senior leadership for the most part is inexperienced in their roles." ((in 67 reviews)); "Overall low compensation compared to similar roles in other companies" ((in 61 reviews))

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4.2

82% would recommend to a friend

(350 total reviews)

Matt Hicks

81% approve of CEO

67% positive business outlook

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4.5

Work/Life balance

4.4

Culture & values

4.3

Diversity & inclusion

3.9

Career opportunities

3.6

Senior management

3.6

Compensation and benefits

Software Developer employees have rated Red Hat with 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 350 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer professionals have an excellent working experience there. Red Hat is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

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5.0

Jun 27, 2023

Culture difficult to find

Software engineer

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Pros

Good Open Source Culture, always focused on how to contribute to the opensource communites

Cons

I dont see any cons as of now

1.0

Jun 22, 2023

Turning into full IBM, will be dead/assimilated soon.

Software engineer

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Pros

Still slightly independent and stewards of amazing technologies. People who were here pre-acquisition really are a family of colleagues working together with an open source mission and passion like nothing you'll likely ever see elsewhere in a public company.

Cons

IBM and C-level leadership is inept, slowly assimilating Red Hat culture to the IBM way, and soon Red Hat will be nothing more than an empty shell of IBM ineffective bureaucracy and bloat. Sun Microsystems meets Oracle all over again. Newer employees are being treated more like cogs in the machine via the IBM handbook and comradery is declining. You could lose your job at any point because IBM financially engineered a disaster.

5.0

Jun 15, 2023

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Software engineer

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Pros

great for entry level engineers.

Cons

Promotions are harder to come by.

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