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 348 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 348 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?

81% of Software Developer employees at Red Hat would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has decreased by 8% 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, 4.3 rating for culture and values and 3.9 rating for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Red Hat?

Software Engineer (353) , Senior Software Engineer (255) , Technical Support Engineer (107) , Principal Software Engineer (88) , Solutions Architect (88) , Senior Consultant (84) , Intern (82) , 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 815 reviews)); "workers are great people and good to work with on a daily basis." ((in 450 reviews)); "Good work life balance and brand name" ((in 343 reviews)); "Good benefit and beyond market pay" ((in 206 reviews)); "Work culture is good and supportive" ((in 134 reviews))

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

"Low salaries comparing to other companies but the quarterly bonuses kind of make it tie." ((in 183 reviews)); "Poor management (depends on your team/manager)" ((in 151 reviews)); "the only drawback is that the quality of management isn't universally vetted and a bad manager can ruin your experience" ((in 96 reviews)); "Senior leadership for the most part is inexperienced in their roles." ((in 68 reviews)); "Overall low compensation compared to similar roles in other companies" ((in 61 reviews))

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4.2

81% would recommend to a friend

(348 total reviews)

Matt Hicks

80% approve of CEO

67% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.5

Work/Life balance

4.3

Culture & values

4.3

Diversity & inclusion

3.9

Career opportunities

3.6

Compensation and benefits

3.5

Senior management

Software Engineer(Developer) employees have rated Red Hat with 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 348 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineer(Developer) professionals have an excellent working experience there. Red Hat is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineer(Developer) professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

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348 reviews

4.0

Sep 9, 2015

Just awesome. !! (India, Bengaluru)

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

* Open source culture. * Engineer treated as high value resource. * Lower level Engineers' opinion is equally valued in Design and requirement decisions.

Cons

* Less compensation compared to industry standard. * No Medical benefit to parents (considering parents are close members of family in India).

4.0

May 29, 2015

Quality Engineer

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Opensource, challenging, Work life balance and culture

Cons

No strict process and tools. Compensation benefits not upto the mark

5.0

Apr 6, 2015

Live and breath open source

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great management for the most part, it's a large company but still individual engineers have tons of ways to stand out and making sure they are recognized. Lots of interesting products to work on if you like backend stuff and infrastructure, kernel, file systems... Working with the community and collaborating with other top notch companies happens every day in every team. Remote work is embraced. Travelling to conferences is encouraged, and usually there is budget for it. Internal mobility available. Offices everywhere if you want to work all over the world remotely from a comfy chair. Low turnover, so most people working there are happy with it. Work/life balance is very respected, long hours are kind of frowned upon.

Cons

At times, the bar is set too low when it's hard to find a person for a particular position and teams are stuck with unproductive people. Salary is below industry average, they try make up with bonuses and stock but it doesn't work. They only get away with this because people would accept a lower salary for open source work, but we miss on great employees because of it. Hordes of new employees from proprietary software companies (Microsoft, IBM, etc..) couldn't care less about open source and culture changes internally because of it. QA department quality is sub-par. Engineering ladder has a rather low ceiling. Office kitchens are not very stocked compared to other companies (silly, I know, I know..)

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