Red Hat reviews

4.1

81% would recommend to a friend

(4,757 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 4,757 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
May 19, 2015

Good but lack potential

Anonymous employee
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Business Outlook

Pros

Give your a good start after school

Cons

products not so popular, not pay well

4.0
May 18, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Pay and working conditions are very good. Lots of freedom to do your job. Public has a positive perception of Red Hat.

Cons

Unless you are a Director or above, you will be carrying out others' decisions - not making them. Not even having any meaningful input. Red Hat preaches against disengagement, while almost actively fostering it. Opinions are best kept to oneself. And, make no mistake, politics are very important at Red Hat. Also, the software is difficult to make work, due to inadequate user interfaces. And, support is spotty - despite this being Red Hat's main claim to fame. The training department continues to cling to the notion that memorizing for tests is a good thing, despite lots of research in the field of education that bears out what we all know - it is temporary. And, outsourcing the training department has made it almost irrelevant.

4.0
May 13, 2015

Great place to work

Anonymous employee
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CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great community of people, open culture, large set of products, leading technologies, lots of opportunities for internal roles. Great place to work

Cons

A growing company that is trying to manage the staggering growth, so extra levels of management and changing product management abilities and flexibility

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